by IdaKeir | Oct 18, 2019 | Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Marriage and Fiance Visas, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Student Visas, Tourists & Short-Term Visas
Updated January 27, 2020. Today the U.S. Supreme Court lifted an October 11, 2019 nationwide preliminary injunction described below. The U.S. government is now permitted to implement and enforce its public charge rule while litigation continues in lower courts. We do...
by IdaKeir | Jul 30, 2019 | Citizenship, Employment & Nurses, Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Student Visas, Tourists & Short-Term Visas
You filed your petition or application with USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) and you’ve waited – and waited. Maybe you’ve had an in-person interview with USCIS. Now you’re hoping and expecting an approval to arrive. Instead you receive one of these...
by IdaKeir | Jun 20, 2019 | Employment & Nurses, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Student Visas
University of Oregon International GEs have asked for advice on dealing with the current processing delays for post-completion employment authorization (EAD) approvals. This problem applies to students across the U.S. EAD applications must be sent to U.S. Citizenship...
by IdaKeir | May 16, 2019 | Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Student Visas, Unlawful Presence/DACA
On May 3, 2019, a federal judge in North Carolina issued an order in favor of international students. The order temporarily prevents the government’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from enforcing a policy memo they issued in 2018 that changed how days of...
by IdaKeir | Oct 8, 2018 | Asylum/Refugees, Ida Keir Law, News Archive, Pres. Trump actions
On Oct. 3, California Judge Edward Chen stopped the government from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Sudan, El Salvador, Haiti and Nicaragua. This is a preliminary (temporary) injunction or order, not a permanent one. But it indicates this...
by IdaKeir | Oct 2, 2018 | News Archive, Pres. Trump actions, Unlawful Presence/DACA
How do you move thousands of detained children to avoid them trying to run away? The U.S. government is doing it late at night and with very little notice. The separation of parents and children at the southern border is no longer headline news every day. But the...