by IdaKeir | Jan 28, 2020 | Employment & Nurses, Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Marriage and Fiance Visas, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Student Visas
On Jan. 27 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. government may now implement and enforce its public charge rule while litigation continues in lower courts – except in Illinois. This is not a final decision in the case/s but it’s not a good sign....
by IdaKeir | Jan 18, 2020 | Employment & Nurses, Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, News Archive, Visa Bulletin
The State Department has posted the February 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 | 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....