USCIS Premium Processing: What It Is, How It Works, and Who Should Use It For employers and employees navigating the U.S. immigration system, time is often the most critical resource. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) Premium Processing Service allows petitioners to significantly accelerate the adjudication of certain
Whether to get married in the United States or Vietnam is one of the most consequential decisions a Vietnamese-American couple will make, because where you marry determines which U.S. immigration visa path is available to you, how long you will be separated, and what rights your spouse has upon arrival
Following arrival in the United States, visitors (i.e. nonimmigrant visa holders, those from visa-free countries) are issued a Form I-94 which determines allocated length of stay. The Form I-94 used to be a paper form attached to the visitor’s passport. Now it is saved electronically on the Customs and Border
Age determination for children of EB-5 investors is one of the most technically complex and time-sensitive issues in the EB-5 immigration process. Section 203(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended by the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), clarifies how the age of an investor’s
Enterline and Partners (“EAP”) excited to announce that Ethan Phuc Le has joined the firm as Business Development Manager. Enterline and Partners is an American-owned immigration and investment consulting firm with offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Manila, Philippines. Founded and managed by licensed U.S. immigration attorneys, the firm was established to
A Federal Court of Appeals handed the Trump Administration another blow in its fight to redefine the 14th Amendment ending birthright citizenship through Executive Order (“EO”). The San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Administration’s request for an emergency order putting on hold a nationwide ban issued by
A common concern raised by our clients departing the United States to reside abroad is what do they need to do about U.S. taxes. Furthermore, there are several misconceptions and misunderstandings that permeate the American expatriate community about U.S. taxes; especially about filing thresholds and some exclusion amounts. Allow us
Effective immediately, the United States Department of State (“DOS”) has revised the requirements for interview waiver eligibility (commonly referred to as dropbox eligibility) to applicants renewing a nonimmigrant visa in the classification that expired within the past twelve (“12”) months. Previously, some nonimmigrant visa applicants were eligible to renew through
President Donald Trump’s Executive Order (“EO”) ending birthright citizenship was dealt another setback after a second federal judge ordered an additional pause. Judge Deborah Boardman of the Federal District of Maryland issued a nationwide injunction against the EO commenting that no court in the country has endorsed the Trump administration’s
Effective January 22, 2025, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will no longer require adjustment of status applicants to present proof of a COVID-19 vaccination as part of their Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. The USCIS further commented that the agency will no
Less than 2 hours after President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) attempting to end birthright citizenship, immigrant advocates started to file lawsuits in Federal Court attempting to block Trump’s Executive Order. The first lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Federal District Court of New Hampshire on behalf
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