The Basics of Immigrant Visa Availability The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets a limit on the number of immigrant visas (i.e. green cards) that may be issued to foreign nationals each year, and the U.S. Department of State (DOS) is the agency that allocates the aforementioned immigrant visas. There are an unlimited number of…
Immediately following publication of the December 2015 Visa Bulletin, the American Immigration Lawyer’s Assocaition (“AILA”) had a call with Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, U.S. Department of State, for his analysis of current trends and future projections for the various immigrant preference categories. The following are highlights of Mr. Oppenheim’s…
The Department of State (“DOS”) issued a cable, which updates a provision of the Foreign Affairs Manual that deals with personal/domestic employees of U.S. citizens on temporary assignment in the United States. The cable advises that the length of stay for a qualified employee is increased from 4 to 6 years. To qualify as a…
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On 11/24/2015, USCIS published a notice in the Federal Register of proposed changes to the Form I-9. The proposed changes aim to reduce the commission of technical errors on the Form I-9 and increase functionality for employers in completing the form on their computer. Some of the proposed substantive changes include: Section 1: instead of…
On 11/20/2015, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued a final rule on the elimination of the visa page insert service within U.S. Passports. Earlier in the year, DOS published a notice of proposed rulemaking that eliminated the visa page insert service for regular fee passport book holders. This rule will become effective on Jan….
The Department of Justice (‘DOJ’), Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (‘OSC’) entered into a settlement agreement with a landscaping company following allegations of immigrant discrimination. The DOJ lawsuit against the landscaping company who violated immigration laws, by requiring Lawful Permanent Residents (‘LPRs’ or ‘Green Card Holders’) to produce their green cards…
