A Brief Respite from the Madness: Consular Interviews for Certain Visas Waived for 2022
The good news on the U.S. immigration front has been few and far between since Covid-19 shut down the world in March of 2021. It’s hard to fathom all the barriers that the U.S. government created in that lapse of [...]
Finally, the U.S. is open for business again. Travel Ban Lifted!
Good news for U.S. businesses, foreign investors and entrepreneurs, and the U.S. economy in general: For almost 20 months, the U.S. was closed for business, at least to people from 36 countries. Now it is finally open again and the [...]
Trump vs. Biden
9 months into the Biden administration, what are the fundamental differences between the administrations when it comes to immigration? Consistency is one. The Trump administration was anti-immigrant from the beginning and was consistent for four years in closing the doors [...]
The National Interest Exception (NIE) is here to stay, for now.
The National Interest Exception (NIE) is here to stay, for now. Recently the administration announced that Presidential Proclamation 10143, which suspends direct travel to the United States from the Schengen countries, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Brazil, Iran, China, Iran, and [...]
US Government’s Discrimination of Foreign Nationals in 2021
We watch the news each day and we see a common theme in America: Marginalized groups want what they deserve: to receive the same treatment and protections as allowed by law, which translates into equal opportunities. The reality is that [...]
National Interest Exemption Gutted
On March 2, significant changes were made to the criteria for granting National Interest Exceptions to Presidential Proclamation 10143 (extending PP 9993), which suspends travel from Schengen countries, the Ireland and UK to the United States. The exception was extremely useful [...]
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