New Immigration Rules came into force in the UK on 4 April 2024 which affect employers who sponsor workers under the Skilled worker or Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker routes.
Immigration
How Can I Gain British Citizenship by Marriage?
Under the UK’s naturalisation laws, it is possible for a foreign national to gain British citizenship through marriage as long as they meet certain criteria. Understandably, overseas nationals with a husband, wife, or civil partner from the UK often want to explore their options for gaining British citizenship, giving them the right to remain permanently,…
All About the Golden Visa
You may have heard about the UK Golden visa and how this provides a direct route to permanent settlement through investment. The Golden visa (properly referred to as the Tier 1 (Investor) visa) is, unfortunately, now closed to new applications as of 17th February 2022. While the Golden visa route is closed to new applicants,…
TN visas allow Mexican and Canadian citizens to work in the USA
When the United States entered into the North American Free Trade Agreement, special economic relationships were established with Canada and Mexico. To make it easier for Canadian and Mexican citizens to engage in professional business activities in the United States, a new kind of nonimmigrant visa was introduced. Occupations that could qualify for the new…
Lock Up Falsely Arrested Adjustment Applicants and Teenage Shoplifters, or Be Sued: the House’s “Laken Riley Act”
USCIS Completes Initial FY 2025 H-1B Cap Lottery Selection
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced April 1, 2024, that they had received enough electronic registrations for unique beneficiaries during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B quota of 65,0000 regular H-1B cap petitions along with 20,000 petitions allotted for the advanced degree exemption (master’s cap).
USCIS has randomly…
Instructions for Burma TPS Extensions, Redesignations Released
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published instructions on how to apply for the extended and redesignated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Burma (Myanmar).
On March 25, 2024, DHS extended and redesignated TPS for Burma until Nov. 25, 2025.
Applications for re-registration and employment authorization document (EAD) renewals should be made during the re-registration…
Trump or Hitler
By Jason Dzubow
Let’s play a game. Below are a series of quotations. The speaker is either Donald Trump or Adolph Hitler. Your […]
USCIS Filing Fee Increases Now in Effect
By Suzan Kern
As we reported in February, US Citizenship and Immigration Services has now implemented filing fee increases the agency announced through a formal rulemaking in January.…
Number of Chinese Students at U.S. Universities Drops
By Cynthia Liao
Chinese students make up the majority of international students in the United States. However, the number of Chinese students in U.S. universities has dropped from a high of 370,000 in 2019 to about 290,000 today.
Part of the drop has been attributed to the Trump Administration’s 2020 executive order suspending entry of certain students and…