Menu
Search
×

Category: Agency Updates

  • Categories

    Categories
  • Archive

  • Search

December 17, 2014
Tahreem Kalam

How has President Obama’s Executive Action affected the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program?

On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced that he will take certain executive actions on immigration in the absence of a Congressional fix to our immigration system. See our blog post summarizing his entire announcement here. One of the changes...

October 31, 2014
Beata Leja

UPDATE: MAVNI Program on Hold for DACA Beneficiaries

DACA beneficiaries with specialized language and culture skills interested in serving in the United States military will have to wait before they can enlist. Late last week, Army officials confirmed that the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) program...

October 24, 2014
Beata Leja

DHS Announces Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program

On October 17, 2014, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) Program, which is scheduled to begin in early 2015. If a U.S. citizen or permanent resident has sponsored a family member in Haiti...

October 03, 2014
Beata Leja

Some DACA Beneficiaries may be allowed to join U.S. Military

The Pentagon recently announced the expansion of the Military Accesssions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) program to allow beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to apply.  The program allows the military to recruit certain legal aliens whose skills...

Political (In)action Part 3: President Obama to delay executive action on immigration

On Saturday, September 6, 2014, President Obama announced that he will delay taking executive action on immigration reform, until at least after the midterm elections. President Obama had previously stated that he would take executive action before the end of...

September 05, 2014
Beata Leja

Changes to Department of State Visa Fees

Starting September 12, 2014, certain Department of State fees will be changing. The Department of State recently announced that it was amending its Schedule of Fees for Consular Services for certain nonimmigrant visa application fees, certain immigrant visa application processing...

August 22, 2014
Beata Leja

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Announces Temporary Relief Measures for Nationals of Certain Countries Affected by the Ebola Outbreak

On Friday, August 15, 2014, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would extend certain immigration related relief to nationals of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone who are currently in the U.S. It is worth noting that USCIS...

July 24, 2014
Beata Leja

USCIS Issues New Guidance on Medical Exams

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the governmental agency that receives and decides applications for permanent residency and citizenship, among others, has released new guidance on its policies relating to medical exams. The policy alert was released by USCIS on...

CONTACT US TODAY

Left Fields
Middle Fields
Right Fields
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Sign Up for Our
Newsletter

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.