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US Visa fee increases for I140 employment based immigrant visas such as EB1 and EB2 and I129 nonimmigrant work visa petitions such as L1 and H1B from 23 December 2016
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a long-awaited, final rule to “update and improve” certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa programs. The proposed rule was first published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2015. The final rule comes into force on 17 January 2017 shortly before Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States on 20 January 2017.
President elect Donald Trump has vowed to put an end to what he calls H-1B and L-1 visa “abuse” in a bid to tackle what he sees as the loss of ‘American’ jobs. Fortunately it seems that he has not raised any concerns about the E-2 Treaty Investor Visa scheme and
Donald Trump’s election as the new US president has sparked fears of H-1B and L-1 visa fee increases among Indian IT companies.
Following his surprise US presidential election victory, President-Elect Donald Trump has vowed to deport up to three million immigrants convicted of criminal activities, regardless of whether they are in the US legally or illegally.
There seems to be disagreement amongst President-elect Trump’s transition team about what Donald Trump really wants. “The Donald” also known as the “Glorious Leader” on a neo-nazi website may have said many things during the Presidential election campaign simply to gain votes.
On Thursday, October 6, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released four draft templates of E-1 treaty trader and E-2 treaty investor ‘request for evidence’ forms and is now inviting comments concerning the proposed petitions. These are letters sent to applicants where the USCIS requires additional documentation before reaching a decision on E-2 or E-1 employee visa application.
According to a report published by USA Today, the E-2 visa system is ‘guilty’ of failing migrants.
In the build up to the US presidential election on November 8, 2016, US immigration has been one of the key issues thrust into the spotlight by both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Republican, Trump who claims to be a billionairehas made his anti-immigration stance one of the cornerstones of his campaign.
Donald Trump talks tough on immigration. His companies have employed thousands on H-2B and H-1B visas. His wife Melania Trump has worked illegally in the US.
There seems to be some confusion over this. It is not entirely certain when the new premium processing visa fees will come into place. So presumably for the time being if you want to pay the lower fee of $1,440 instead of $2,500, in most cases, you can still do so.
It does seem surprising that it has taken about four months to provide details of Government security for the George Floyd funeral that took place on 9 June 2020. The extent to which immigration enforcement agencies are involved in security in areas that have little or nothing to do with immigration, and the app
Under the Republican Trump Government there has been significant changes in US policy towards China and a more negative attitude. Under the Republican Richard Nixon Government in the 1970s relations with China were normalised. President Nixon visited
Apparently, President Donald Trump only has mild coronavirus symptoms. Trump has recently been admitted to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre. We wish Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump all the best and a swift recovery. Politically, the corona
It was expected that from tomorrow Friday 2 October there would be a huge increase in a number of USCIS US visa fees and the US citizenship fee. L1 visa fees for example were expected to increase by 75%. If the fee increase had gone ahead as expected
Donald Trump claims to be a “billionaire”. It does seem to be a bit odd that someone who is apparently so successful, according to the New York Times, pays only $750 in tax. If the Trump organisation disagrees with this analysis then documentation needs to be provided to confirm this. Trump has so far refused to provide his tax returns.