By Breno Torquato e Aline Moreira With the coming into force of a new immigration law, the categories of visas and residence permits are now regulated by new standardized instructions, including the option for individual investors. The requirements for this […]
By Ana Laura Castro, Ana Carolina Gorrera e Juliana Dias WHAT IS A GREENCARD A Green Card is an authorization to live in the United States that confers the status of permanent resident (“Lawful Permanent Resident” or “LPR”). In some […]
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 […]
By Laura Góes and Louanni Cesário The B Visas are nonimmigrant visitor visas for persons who want to enter the United States temporarily for business (B-1), for pleasure (B-2), or a combination of both purposes (B-1/B-2). The Temporary Visitor for […]
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 […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for managing the U.S. Exchange Visitor Program for health research and clinical care. This program accepts waiver requests from the two-year foreign residency requirement in cases of: Research carried out in an area […]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced on May 29, 2020, that it will gradually resume premium processing for some visas made via I-129 forms (non-immigrant worker) and some green cards made via forms I-140 (petition for permanent residence […]
Due to the growing number of coronavirus cases in Brazil and the United States, President Donald Trump decided to limit the entry of citizens, of any nationality, who were physically present in Brazil in the 14 days before entering the […]
The US Customs and Border Protection Service (CBP) has announced that Visa Waiver Program travelers can request an additional 30-day extension of their admission period if they find themselves unable to leave the United States due to the new coronavirus […]
Released by President Donald Trump on April 22, the proclamation suspends for 60 days the entry of certain immigration applications into the United States. The measure goes into effect on Thursday (April 23) at 23:59 (ET) and is temporary (initially […]