by IdaKeir | Jan 10, 2020 | Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, News Archive, Visa Bulletin
The State Department has posted the January 2020 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers for U.S. green card applicants in visa categories with quotas or limits. There are no such quotas for U.S. citizens sponsoring their...
by IdaKeir | Jan 10, 2020 | Asylum/Refugees, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions
The US government is adding new asylum restrictions to make it virtually impossible to be granted asylum by the US. On the southern border the government is sending applicants back to dangerous and squalid conditions in Mexico to wait months for their hearings. The...
by IdaKeir | Jan 10, 2020 | Employment & Nurses, Ida Keir Law, News Archive
In 2020, USCIS is introducing a new electronic H-1B registration system to apply for the 65,000 H-1B visas available by law in the annual “H-1B lottery.” In the past, “petitioner” employers had to submit complete paper H-1B applications...
by IdaKeir | Dec 31, 2019 | Asylum/Refugees, Citizenship, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Student Visas, Unlawful Presence/DACA
Happy 2020! It’s a new year and a new decade, but some things haven’t changed. Combining driving with alcohol and drugs is dangerous, and can also get U.S. immigrants into plenty of legal trouble. As we’ve advised before, don’t drive while drunk or impaired....
by IdaKeir | Dec 21, 2019 | Citizenship, Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Marriage and Fiance Visas, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, announced its new proposed fee schedule in November 2019. Don’t expect faster decisions on your applications though; they’re slowing to a crawl. The fees due to increase include adjustment of status (the...
by IdaKeir | Dec 5, 2019 | Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Marriage and Fiance Visas, News Archive
Click here for a free eBook comparing Fiancé and Marriage Visas. Congratulations, you want to marry! Maybe love doesn’t recognize borders, but the U.S. government does. Here’s some information on fiancé and marriage visas – when one person is a U.S....
by IdaKeir | Dec 4, 2019 | Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Marriage and Fiance Visas, Student Visas
The holiday season is here, and people want to travel. Unless you’re a U.S. citizen with a U.S. passport, pay attention to the travel rules that apply to you before stepping outside the U.S. Here’s a brief overview: F-1 Students. To travel to a foreign...
by IdaKeir | Nov 27, 2019 | Employment & Nurses, Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Marriage and Fiance Visas, News Archive, Visa Bulletin
The State Department has posted the December 2019 Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers for U.S. green card applicants in visa categories with quotas or limits. There are no quotas for U.S. citizens sponsoring their spouses,...
by IdaKeir | Nov 1, 2019 | Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Marriage and Fiance Visas, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions
UPDATE – Nov. 2, 2019: A US judge has blocked Trump’s new health insurance rule for 28 days. Then there will be further court hearings and more court orders. So for now green card applicants abroad do NOT have to arrange health insurance. A new health insurance...
by IdaKeir | Oct 22, 2019 | Asylum/Refugees, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions
I have helped several kind, hard-working Syrian Kurdish refugees reunite with their familiy members who were abroad, and go on to get their green cards in the U.S. In a few years they can apply for U.S. citizenship. But all have relatives and friends abroad, many of...