by BMK LLP | Jul 8, 2021 | COVID-19, Immigration Policy Updates
Haiti was recently designated for Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for 18 months. Additionally, new details were announced and registration opened for Burma’s 18-month TPS designation, which was granted in March 2021. Below is a look at what the TPS designations for...
by BMK LLP | Apr 1, 2021 | Immigration Policy Updates
Venezuela and Burma were recently designated for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, and Syria’s TPS designation was extended for the same length of time. Below is a look at what this means for nationals from those countries now residing in the United...
by BMK LLP | Mar 24, 2021 | Immigration Policy Updates
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it will revisit certain adverse decisions issued on H-1B petitions, following the rescission of three of its policy memos. The rescissions lessen petitioners’ burden in providing documents related to the...
by Troy Palmer | Mar 2, 2021 | Immigration Policy Updates
President Joe Biden has lifted a freeze on green cards for new immigrants outside the United States that the Trump administration had put in place early in the pandemic. Claiming immigrants were a “risk to the U.S. labor market” in a pandemic-ravaged economy, the...
by BMK LLP | Jan 26, 2021 | Immigration Policy Updates
The inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden heralded a significant shift in U.S. immigration policy. On his first day in office, the President signed five immigration-related executive actions, presidential memoranda, and agency directives and sent a sweeping...
by BMK LLP | Jan 18, 2019 | Immigration Policy Updates
The debate over border security funding continues as we enter the fourth week of 2019. There has been little to no sign of compromise or resolve between President Trump and Congress. Approximately 25 percent of government functions are currently shut down. How does...
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