San Francisco Immigration Law Blog
Visa Bulletin – March 2021
The Department of State has released the visa bulletin for March 2021. The below are the cut-off dates for certain employment-based categories. FINAL ACTION CUT-OFF DATES FOR MARCH 2021 DATES FOR FILING CUT-OFF DATES FOR MARCH 2021 Reach out to the Law Offices of...
Visa Bulletin – February 2021
The Department of State has released the visa bulletin for February 2021. The below are the cut-off dates for certain employment-based categories. FINAL ACTION CUT-OFF DATES FOR FEBRUARY 2021 DATES FOR FILING CUT-OFF DATES FOR FEBRUARY 2021 Reach out to the Law...
President Biden Ends Discriminatory Bans
The Law Offices of Robert P. Gaffney is happy to report that one of President Joseph Biden’s first acts as president was to publish the Proclamation on Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States, available at...
Visa Bulletin – January 2021
The Department of State has released the visa bulletin for January 2021. The below are the cut-off dates for certain employment-based categories. FINAL ACTION CUT-OFF DATES FOR JANUARY 2021 DATES FOR FILING CUT-OFF DATES FOR JANUARY 2021 Reach out to the Law Offices...
Visa Bulletin – December 2020
The Department of State has released the visa bulletin for December 2020. The below are the cut-off dates for certain employment-based categories. FINAL ACTION CUT-OFF DATES FOR DECEMBER 2020 DATES FOR FILING CUT-OFF DATES FOR DECEMBER 2020 Reach out to the Law...
Visa Bulletin – November 2020
The Department of State has released the visa bulletin for November 2020. The below are the cut-off dates for certain employment-based categories. FINAL ACTION CUT-OFF DATES FOR NOVEMBER 2020 DATES FOR FILING CUT-OFF DATES FOR NOVEMBER 2020 Reach out to the Law...
Visa Bulletin – October 2020
The Department of State has released the visa bulletin for October 2020. The below are the cut-off dates for certain employment-based categories. FINAL ACTION CUT-OFF DATES FOR OCTOBER 2020 DATES FOR FILING CUT-OFF DATES FOR OCTOBER 2020 Reach out to the Law Offices...
New Presidential Executive Order Targets Hong Kong Visa Applicants
By Robert P. Gaffney, Esq. and Kristina M. Seil, Esq. In a speech in the White House Rose Garden on July 14, 2020, the President announced that he had signed an executive order ending U.S. preferential treatment for Hong Kong. In the President’s words, “Hong Kong will...
Research refutes claim that H-1B visa holders harm U.S. economy
The Trump administration has been scouting for endorsements to back up its claim that immigrant holders of the temporary H-1B specialty occupation visa are harmful to the American economy. A central argument underpinning restrictions stresses that H-1B visa holders...
How does the EB5 visa process work?
The Immigration Act of 1990 created the employment-based fifth preference, or EB-5 immigrant investor category. Under the EB-5 provisions now in effect, approximately 10,000 visas are available each year to immigrants seeking to enter the U.S. for the purposes of:...
