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...
Immigration 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 – 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. UPDATE: Subsequent to this posting, officials of the U.S. Department of State have confirmed that the Department has determined that Section 2(a) of the Executive Order was legally ineffective in seeking to suspend...
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...
Should You Apply to Adjust Status in the United States or Seek an Immigrant Visa Abroad?
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 of our clients who are...
5 Things to Know About Trump’s June 22, 2020 Proclamation, a Ban on Nonimmigrant Visas including H-1B, H-2B, L and certain J visas
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...
USCIS Policy on Sustainment of Investment and Redeployment
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 requirement of the statute and continuously maintained his...
Key Aspects of Presidential Proclamation On Temporary IMMIGRANT Visa Suspensions
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...