By Julia Alves e Louanni Cesário The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the immigrant visa and nonimmigrant visa issuances to meaningfully drop. Immigrant and nonimmigrant Visa Backlog The suspension of routine visa services and COVID-19 travel bans reduced immigrant visa issuances […]
On the 24th of February, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, rescinded the measure that restricted entry for certain immigrant visas. Starting on that date, the following visas are allowed to be applied for and to enter in […]
On the 5th, USCIS published the schedule for the H-1B FY2022 visa registration period. From the 9th of March 2021 to the 25th of March 2021, prospective petitioners and their representatives will be able to register through electronic registration. Schedule […]
On Monday (25th), President Joe Biden reinstated the restrictions for entry into the country. As of the 26th of January, non-American citizens from the UK, Brazil, Ireland and a large part of Europe remain banned from entering the North-American country. […]
By Louanni Cesario and Ana Laura Castro The H1B visa is aimed at foreign professionals, more specifically, aimed at a specialized workforce which is not easily found in the USA, that is, graduated professionals with very specific experience in their […]
Last Thursday, the 31st, President Donald Trump extended until March 31st, 2021, the proclamation that affects the issuance of new work visas such as L, H and J at embassies and consulates, as well as consular interviews for green card […]
As announced on 16th, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has increased fees for Premium Processing, the service that allows for petitioners to have their petition processed in 15 days. The new rates are valid as of October […]
On August 25th, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced it would be shutting down its administrative procedures, as a result of the dismissal, for an indefinite period of time, of about 13,000 of its employees (the “USCIS Administrative […]
Drummond Advisors professionals gathered the most frequently asked questions related to Executive Order no. 10,014, from April 22, 2020, extended on June 22, 2020 to December 31, 2020, which suspends the issuance of non-immigrant work visas in categories H-1B, H-2B, […]
On June 22, 2020, the extension of Presidential Proclamation 10,014 of April 22, 2020 was published, temporarily suspending the issuance of non-immigrant work visas in categories H-1B, H-2B, J-1 and L, with some exceptions which will be explored below, for […]