By Robert P. Gaffney, Esq. and Kristina M. Seil, Esq. Contribution by Wendy C. Yu, 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...
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...
By Wendy C. Yu, Esq. After a beneficiary of an immigrant petition receives approval, she must decide whether to adjust status in the United States or apply for an immigrant visa abroad. With the prolonged adjudication times of adjustment of status applications, many...
By Robert P. Gaffney, Esq. and Kristina M. Seil, Esq. On June 22, 2020, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation[i] (titled “Presidential Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus...
By Robert P. Gaffney, Esq. and Wendy C. Yu, Esq. According to the EB-5 regulations an EB-5 investor will be considered to have sustained the actions required for removal of conditions if he or she has, in good faith, substantially met the capital investment...
By Robert P. Gaffney, Esq. The COVID-19 pandemic has materially disrupted life for people in the United States and around the world. Amidst a stream of criticism for its ineffective response to the pandemic, the current administration in Washington has on April 22...
Some areas of American law are a bit more complicated than others, featuring rules, processes and shifting realities that make responding to and securing optimal outcomes in them comparatively challenging. Immigration law is unquestionably one of those realms. It is...
Citizens of countries with the required reciprocal treaty arrangements with the U.S. may live and work in the U.S. as nonimmigrant E-1 “treaty traders” or E-2 “treaty investors.” Treaty visa holders coming to the U.S. to direct, develop or manage the business of the...
