Immigration Law Updates

• State Department Announces DV 2020 Lottery Application Dates: October 3 to November 6, 2018

  October 2, 2018

• ProPublica: New USCIS Policy Started 9/11/18 Allowing Government to Deny Petitions Without RFE is Another Brick in "Invisible Wall"

  September 12, 2018

• NYTimes: Increased Red Tape Makes it Harder to Secure Employment-Based Visas

  September 4, 2018

• Premium Processing Fee to Increase to $1,410 Starting October 1

  August 31, 2018

• USICS Will Extend and Expand Suspension of Premium Processing

  August 28, 2018

• WSJ: Trump Dismantling Legal Immigration

  August 16, 2018

• USCIS Postpones Implementing New NTA Policy Pending Operational Guidelines

  August 2, 2018

• Recent USCIS Guidance Memo on NTAs Will Impact Individuals Who Become Unlawfully Present Following Denial of a Petition or Application

  July 16, 2018

• USCIS Policy Memo Gives Full Discretion to Officers to Deny Petitions and Applications Without RFE If Initial Evidence Fails to Qualify

  July 13, 2018

• Supreme Court Upholds 3rd Version of Travel Ban

  June 26, 2018