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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
