Video: February 2021 Business Immigration Update
Giselle Carson Feb 22, 2021 in Immigration
Giselle Carson Nov 10, 2020 in Immigration
Curious what a National Interest Exemption (NIE) Visa looks like? These are so unique that a CBP officer at JFK told our client during his admission last week – “I had not seen one of these yet!” Check it out.
Continue ReadingGiselle Carson Oct 29, 2020 in Immigration
USCIS’s premium processing fee increase is the result of a stopgap spending measure recently signed into law to address the organization’s budget shortfall. The law will increase USCIS revenue by allowing a hike in premium processing fees and an expansion of the premium processing service to other employment-based petitions and applications. The fee increase is currently in effect for petitions that are already eligible for premium processing services through the Form I-907, Request for Premium […]
Continue ReadingGiselle Carson Sep 30, 2020 in Immigration News
After several organizations filed lawsuits against USCIS to challenge and stop the significant fee increases, on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, a federal judge temporarily blocked USCIS’ fee increase action. The order came just three days before the new fees were scheduled to go into effect on October 2, 2020. The judge questioned the validity of the fee increase and its effect on applicants. The order calls for the fees increase to be blocked across the […]
Continue ReadingGiselle Carson Sep 6, 2020 in Immigration
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Continue ReadingGiselle Carson Aug 5, 2020 in Immigration News
USCIS recently released a Final Rule saying it plans to increase filing fees by an average of 20% in addition to other price hikes and adjustments to processing time limits. What exactly is changing and who is going to be the hardest hit? What is happening to Premium Processing? USCIS has asked for the ability to impose a 10% surcharge on immigration applications and plans to significantly increase filing fees starting October 2, 2020. According […]
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