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L-1: One Year Employment Requirement However, there are restrictions on who would be considered an employee of the foreign company. The regulations state that the employee must have worked for a year abroad with the same employer or a subsidiary…

Inter-country Adoption Petitions for Adopted Children The United States has recently made changes to the immigration processing requirements for adopted children. Beginning on July 14, 2014, all adoption service providers in non-Hague Adoption Convention cases must follow the same accreditation…

If DACA is ended, more than 60,000 healthcare workers could be deported. USCIS has resumed premium processing for certain petitions. On May 29, USCIS announced that it had resumed premium processing for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, and…

DHS has exempted some foreign athletes from travel restrictions A second person in ICE custody has died of COVID-19. On Sunday, a 34-year-old man named Santiago Baten-Oxlag, who was in ICE custody, died from COVID-19 complications. Before being admitted to…

USCIS will resume services on June 4 USCIS will resume services on June 4. After long closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, some USCIS offices are preparing to reopen to the public on June 4. After reopening, those offices will…

After a foreign national receives a visa, what happens when they first try to enter the United States? All foreign nationals must present themselves to an immigration officer when they attempt to enter the United States. Certain non-immigrants visa holders…

900 migrant children have been turned back from the U.S. More than 900 migrant children have been turned back from the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic. Since March, unaccompanied minors have been expelled from the U.S. without the existing process.…

Investigating COVID-19 deaths in ICE custody The Trump administration has finalized its ability to extend border restrictions indefinitely. On May 19, the Trump administration finalized a rule that allows it to extend restrictions at the border indefinitely. The rule amends…

Trump administration has extended border and travel restrictions The Trump administration has extended border and travel restrictions. In March, the Trump administration put measures in place limiting travel between Mexico, the U.S., and Canada to essential travel only. Those measures…