Trump Removes Citizens of Chad from Travel Ban List
The 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…
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What to Do If You or Your Employee’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Is Ending
What 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…
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USCIS Launches User-Friendly Case Processing Times Web Page
It’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…
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Alcorn Immigration Law Announces New Associate Attorney: Anita Koumriqian
The 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…
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Proposed Rule to Expand Inadmissibility Review for Immigrants
Immigrants 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…
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Alcorn Method Success Story: Creating a Startup in the U.S. on an E-2 Visa
This 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…
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ICE Agents Now Locking Up Pregnant Women
Immigration 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…
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Bay Area Not as Dependent on H-1B Visas as Texas and the East Coast
Companies in metro areas in Texas and on the East Coast—not Silicon Valley or San Francisco—employed the most H-1B recipients between 2010 and 2016, according to a Pew Research Center…
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Loophole Used by Some to Bolster Chances in H-1B Lottery Closes
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has directed personnel to reject all multiple H-1B petitions filed by related employers for the same beneficiary in the H-1B lottery, which begins on…
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