On March 25, 2025, under the direction of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, the DHS is expected to publish in the Federal Register a Notice of Termination of Parole Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. According to an advance copy of the Notice, the parole […]
Visa Bulletin – April 2025: EB-4 Quota Met; Significant Retrogression for India/China EB-5 Unreserved Categories; Little to No Movement in Other Categories
13 Mar
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for April 2025. Until April 1, the March 2025 Visa Bulletin remains in effect. The Visa Bulletin contains the DOS’s Final Action Dates chart, which lists the cutoff dates for each respective category, the categories that are current […]
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) recently announced significant restrictions to its nonimmigrant visa interview waiver program. The DOS has rescinded its December 2023 interview waiver policy, replacing it with much narrower eligibility criteria. Under the previous policy, the DOS allowed most nonimmigrant visa applicants to request interview waivers if they […]
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Announces Enforcement of Alien Registration Requirement
26 Feb
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On February 25, 2025, in an effort to encourage foreign nationals in the United States without authorization to “self-deport,” U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Noem announced that the DHS will begin to enforce the existing statutory requirement that foreign nationals in the United States register with the federal […]