Beginning April 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the implementation of a new pilot program called “Stampless Entry” at all 238 airports, 34 seaports, all pedestrian ports of entry on the southern border and most secondary land ports of entry on the Northern border. CBP claims this will simplify and streamline the arrival
Partner Camiel Becker will speak on a national webinar titled “DACA and TPS Under Attack: Using Employment-Based Strategies to Obtain a More Secure Status” on Friday, September 25, 2020 at 11:00 AM PST (2:00 pm ET). That national American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) based out of Washington, DC, is hosting the webinar for immigration lawyers
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), which is run by ICE, recently announced that F-1 and M-1 students will have to leave the country unless part of their course load this fall is taken in-person. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the spring and summer 2020 semesters, SEVP had granted a temporary exemption to
On June 20, 2020, President Trump issued a proclamation suspending the entry of foreign nationals on certain employment-based nonimmigrant visas into the United States. The proclamation is effective June 24, 2020, and remains in effect through at least December 31, 2020, with the possibility of continued extension and modifications. The proclamation also extended President Trump’s
Becker & Lee Partner Camiel Becker will speak with Erin Skelly, UC-Berkeley Assistant Director of Student Services, an immigration law panel on student visa trends in 2020 Thursday March 26, 2020 at 5:30 pm. The panel is hosted by the Alameda County Bar Association and AILA NorCal. F-1 student applicants and visa holders face increased
The Trump Administration has announced that it will end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans on September 9, 2019. Salvadorans with TPS will be required to re-register for TPS and apply for new work authorization documents in order to qualify for this one final extension. The re-registration period has not yet been announced. The Trump
On November 20, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced that it will terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Haiti, effective July 22, 2019. Haitians living in the United States under TPS have 18 months to seek lawful immigration status in the United States, if eligible, or leave the country. The announcement
The Trump Administration has made it clear that it is considering terminating TPS status for a number of countries. TPS for Haiti expires on January 22, 2018 and for El Salvador on March 9, 2018. The law provides that DHS must announce these TPS designations 60 days before the program’s expiration date. Decisions on Haiti and
In August, the Department of State (DOS) changed the existing guidance in its Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) to make it harder for applicants to obtain F-1 student visas. The manual now contains stricter language directing consular officers abroad to assess the F-1 visa applicant’s plans regarding departure from the United States upon completion of his
On September 5, 2017, President Trump directed DHS and USCIS to phase out President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. Since 2012, certain immigrants who entered the United States illegally as minors and meet other requirements have been given a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and have been given employment