On December 18th, 2015, President Obama signed the “Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015” into law. Then, on January 21st, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State (DOS) announced that they would begin implementing the changes to the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
Children of Undocumented Immigrants Seek Status
From Reuters: “The United States will begin accepting applications on Feb. 18 for temporary legal status from children of undocumented immigrants who came to the United States with their parents, under a plan announced by President Barack Obama last November.
Two fliers from Obama’s Executive Order Released
Two flies on President Obama’s recent executive orders on immigration are now available from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Obama’s Executive Actions Will Ease Visa Restrictions for Entrepreneurs, High-Skilled Workers, and Graduate Students
On November 20th, 2014, President Obama announced an executive order that will help ease visa restrictions for entrepreneurs, high-skilled workers, and graduate students. Below are four of the key changes outlined in the executive order.
Immigration Law Terms: What do they mean?
You may be seeing a lot of new terms and abbreviations as of late due to the new executive order by President Obama released on November 20th. We’ve put together a few of the trending terms and definitions in this post as a helpful reference.
Update on Obama’s Immigration Laws
According to the Department of Homeland Security, the application process for the new changes under President Obama’s executive order will begin in the Spring of 2015.
Overview of Obama’s Sweeping Changes on Immigration
President Obama just announced a sweeping executive action on immigration, providing relief for an estimated 4.1 million undocumented parents of U.S citizens, and almost 300,000 undocumented immigrants who where brought to the U.S. as children.
President Obama’s Executive Order on Immigration
President Obama intends to announce a new executive order on immigration tomorrow night. This article coves how and what to prepare as the Obama Administration makes these new changes to the immigration system.
Visa Reform Still Leaves Skilled Spouses Out of Work
From Business Week: Hundreds of thousands of spouses who come to the United States because their spouse or parent was hired by American companies on an H-1B visa work authorization for immigrants with specialized skills are not using their hard earned skills here in the US.