UPDATE: On March 31, 2025, a federal court has granted a Motion to Postpone the DHS Secretary’s Decision to Vacate the Termination of the TPS 2023 designation, which was set to be terminated on April 4, 2025....more
4/3/2025
/ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Immigration ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Pending Litigation ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Termination ,
Venezuela ,
Visas
On February 24, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a notice in the Federal Register partially vacating the July 1, 2024 extension and redesignation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)...more
2/24/2025
/ Compliance ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Workers ,
Government Agencies ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
USCIS ,
Visas
The Department of State recently changed the eligibility requirements for the Visa Interview Waiver appointments, or Dropbox appointments, for Indian nationals.
Previously, it allowed Indian nonimmigrant visa applicants...more
On February 5, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a notice in the Federal Register terminating the 2023 redesignation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)...more
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued more than 45 Executive Orders, many of which contain directives related to immigration. The immigration team at Nilan Johnson Lewis will be monitoring updates related...more
1/23/2025
/ Business Immigration ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
H-1B ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
L-1 Visas ,
Non-Immigrant Visas ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USCIS ,
Visas
At the beginning of each federal fiscal year (October), the Department of State conducts a lottery called the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. If a person is selected, they are eligible to submit an application for permanent...more
Posted December 29th, 2023 in Top Stories with Tags Corporate Immigration On December 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced a pilot program to implement limited stateside visa renewal processing for certain...more
At the beginning of each federal fiscal year (October), the Department of State conducts a lottery called the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. If a person is selected, they are eligible to submit an application for permanent...more
Over the course of the past few months, several major tech companies in the United States have announced large-scale layoffs. Major companies announcing such layoffs include Meta (formerly Facebook), Amazon, HP, Google, and...more
At the beginning of each federal fiscal year (October), the Department of State conducts a lottery called the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. If a person is selected, they are eligible to submit an application for permanent...more
At the beginning of each federal fiscal year (October), the Department of State conducts a lottery called the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. If a person is selected, they are eligible to submit an application for permanent...more
Nearly one million lawfully present foreign workers are currently waiting to receive lawful permanent residence status (green card). This backlog is primarily caused by statutorily imposed numerical limits that cap the number...more
America’s immigration system is based on a quota system. This means that there is a limited number of permanent resident visas available each year, with limits per category and per country. This article will focus on the...more
On July 29, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a nationwide injunction that temporarily suspends the implementation of the Trump Administration’s public charge rule. Under U.S....more
On June 23, 2020, President Trump signed the Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak, a move that further limits legal immigration through...more