U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) plans to impose new restrictions making it more difficult to attract and retain highly-skilled foreign nationals and international students who attend a U.S. university. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley last month, USCIS Director L. Francis Cissna outlined a series of measures that the agency…
DetailsAs graduation season nears, the Alcorn Immigration Law team has been fielding inquiries from established companies, startups, and investors asking about options for promising foreign students to remain in the U.S. Unfortunately, U.S. immigration policy often runs counter to retaining the best and the brightest college graduates in the U.S. Limited options exist for international…
DetailsThe White House announced last week that President Trump removed the citizens of Chad from the travel ban, making them eligible once again to receive visas to travel to the U.S. That leaves the citizens of Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, and select citizens from Venezuela on the travel ban list. Chad…
DetailsWhat can you do if you or your employee is one of the 248,000 who will lose their work permit and will be forced to leave the U.S. due to the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for four countries? Or if you or your employee is one of 67,220 individuals facing…
DetailsThe Alcorn Immigration Law team is pleased to announce we’ve moved to a bigger, better, brighter office space at 883 N Shoreline Blvd., Suite D100, in Mountain View, Calif. Our new office is close to Hwy 101 and Google. While our address has changed, Alcorn Immigration Law’s other contact information remains the same: Toll-free phone…
DetailsIt’s much easier to check your immigration case status online! U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) upgraded its case processing times page, making it easier to figure out whether there’s been a delay in your case and if you should follow up. The redesigned page calculates the range of processing times based on the form…
DetailsThe Alcorn Immigration Law team welcomes Anita Koumriqian as our newest associate. An expert in immigration law with a passion for family immigration matters, Anita will focus on individual and family immigration cases including changes of status, marriage-based and family green cards, citizenship, and asylum. She will also accompany our clients to government interviews, which…
DetailsImmigrants could be denied green cards, new visas, or visa renewals if they apply for or receive income tax credits or other benefits, according to a draft rule obtained by the Washington Post. The proposed rule stems from President Trump’s Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security.…
DetailsThis is another in a continuing series of posts I will be writing to describe some of the Alcorn Immigration Law team’s client success stories.* To maintain confidentiality, the name of the client has been changed, and details may have been omitted or slightly altered. “I was denied a tourist visa 10 years ago. Can…
DetailsImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has begun the abhorrent policy of detaining pregnant women in immigration jails. ICE will no longer automatically release from custody pregnant women charged with being in the U.S. illegally while their cases make their way through immigration court. Automatically releasing pregnant women from custody was the general practice under the…
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