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Tips for making changes to a form DS-160 after submission

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 13 2013

The State Department requires electronic submission of a Form DS-160, Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application, prior to an individual's interview

New immigration developments

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

This alert outlines three recent immigration-related developments of interest to companies and organizations employing foreign nationals

BIA’s recent decision in Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly overturns agency guidance with respect to the admissibility of aliens who travel on advance parole

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 13 2013

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) created three and ten year bars as grounds of inadmissibility for

Board of Immigration Appeals on 5-year statute of limitations for rescission of LPR status

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 28 2011

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has sustained the motion filed by the Department of Homeland Security in the Matter of Paula Cruz de Ortiz, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic

Department of State issues predictions on priority dates

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 4 2009

Mr. Charles Oppenheim of the Department of State's Visa Office has announced predictions for the movement of priority dates for the remainder of this fiscal year (October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009) and future years

BALCA ruling on newspaper advertisements as both mandatory and additional recruitment steps

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2012

The Department of Labor Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) issued an opinion on 18 May 2012 related to the recruitment steps an employer must take when sponsoring a foreign-national employee for an immigrant visa pursuant to the permanent labor certification process

Revised procedures to reschedule biometrics appointments for reentry permit applications

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 4 2009

The Nebraska Service Center (NSC) of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has revised its procedures for rescheduling biometrics appointments for reentry permit applications

Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials confirm terms of automatic visa revalidation rule

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 13 2013

According to the unofficial notes of an October 2012 meeting between representatives from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the

New accreditation law to affect english language training schools seeking to enroll nonimmigrant students

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 24 2011

Effective 12 June 2011 the Accreditation of English Language Training Programs Act (Pub.L. 111-306) amends Section 101(a)(15)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that language training programs be accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Department of Education (DOE) in order to be SEVIS-certified, issue Forms I-20, and enroll F-1 nonimmigrant students

USCIS issues guidance for EB-5 tenant-occupancy cases

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 13 2013

On 20 December 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Guidance Memorandum (GM) (GM-602-0001) to all USCIS employees