On February 24, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will implement the agency’s new rules for inadmissibility on public charge grounds. The final rule outlines some of the criteria on how the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) will determine whether a foreign national is inadmissible to adjust status from
The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) March visa bulletin is out and in a big surprise, the Final Action Date priority date [link to article] for Chinese EB-5 investors leaped forward by 5 months, from December 1, 2014 in February to May 15, 2015. We are looking forward to reading
Ryan Barshop and David Enterline of Enterline and Partners will speak at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”), Bangkok District Chapter (“BDC”), “8th Annual Consular Processing Conference” in Taipei, Taiwan. AILA is an international organization of more than 15,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. Ryan
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) released an updated policy memorandum advising the Department of States (“DOS”) on adjudicating Form I-130 Petitions for Alien Relatives at U.S. Embassies and Consulates through Direct Consular Filing (“DCF.”) The policy memorandum clarifies that USCIS will no longer accept and adjudicate routine I-130 Petitions
As predicted, the U.S. Department of State now lists India on its July 2019 visa bulletin in the EB-5 visa category with a final action priority date of May 1, 2017. This should be no surprise to the industry as the Department of State has been advising for some months
Enterline and Partners Consulting Partner Ryan Barshop will be speaking at the American Immigration Lawyers Association Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. The conference, which will be held from June 19- 22 will be attended by immigration lawyers from all over the world. Mr. Barshop is scheduled to speak on Saturday,
Those who are interested in obtaining U.S. permanent residence and green cards and have received national or international acclaim in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics may want to consider an EB-1A immigrant visa. An EB-1A immigrant visa, formally known as Employment-based First Preference immigrant visa category is a
Enterline and Partners co-founders David Enterline and Ryan Barshop recently spoke at the American Immigration Lawyers Association Bangkok District Chapter (AILA BDC) in Bangkok, Thailand. David served as Discussion Leader and Ryan also sat on the panel entitled “How Can They Do It? Permanent Residents Living Overseas.” The panel focused
AILA’s Department of State Liaison Committee provides monthly “check-ins” with Charlie Oppenheim, designed to keep members informed of Visa Bulletin progress and to obtain his analysis of current trends and future projections, beyond the basic visa availability updates provided in the monthly Visa Bulletin. The content for this month’s column
Enterline and Partners Co-Founder, Ryan Barshop speaks with TV5 Philippines on the recent USCIS Manila closure and how it is expected to affect future applicants.
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