Immigration Updates

Now that the 2024 U.S. presidential election has been decided, there is understandably a great deal of focus on the impact the election will have on U.S. immigration law and policy. Not only was immigration a frequent topic of president-elect Trump during his campaign, but it was also a focus […]

DHS Announces New Protections for Lebanese Nationals Currently in the United States   The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Lebanon. Lebanese nationals, including individuals having no nationality who last habitually resided in Lebanon, who began residing in the United States on […]

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for November 2024. Until November 1, the October 2024 Visa Bulletin remains in effect.  The Visa Bulletin contains the DOS’s Final Action Dates chart, which lists the priority dates that are current in each respective category, the categories […]

On September 24, 2024, the Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued a joint announcement designating Qatar as a U.S. Visa Waiver Program country. This designation will allow Qatari citizens and nationals to apply for admission to the United States of […]