2023 Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Starts on October 6, 2021
The State Department will begin accepting online registrations for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Diversity Visa (DV) lottery starting on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at noon EDT. Foreign nationals who wish to enter the lottery have until Tuesday...
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Remain in Mexico
The recent Supreme Court decision declined Biden Administration's application to issue a stay against a lower-court order that reinstates a Trump-Era policy called ...
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Change of Your Status (COS) to F-1 Student Visa
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they are issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual about change of status (COS) to F-1 visa. The policy alert issued by USCIS was published on the website on July 20, 2021. ...
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The US State Department Is to Announce FY 2022 Diversity Visa Lottery (Green Card) Winners
According to the US State Department, 2022 Diversity Visa Lottery winners will be announced on May 8, 2021 at noon (EDT). It was previously postponed before due to the delays emanating from COVID-19 pandemic. Entrant Status Check will be available fo...
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What to Change: US Immigration Application
With President Biden, it appears that the process will reverse anti-immigration policies enacted by the Trump. However, Trump’s policies already caused an almost 2.6 million visa application backlog within the US immigration system. Therefore, these ...
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SBA to Increase Lending Limit for COVID-19 EIDL
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that they will increase the maximum amount small businesses and non-profit organizations can borrow through its COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program....
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Biden Not to Renew Trump’s H1-B Visa Ban
Although not officially announced or confirmed, President Biden is not planning to extend the ban on H-1B, H-2B, J-1 and L-1 visas, which were enacted by President Trump in June 2020. ...
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President Biden’s New Stimulus Package: How does it affect you?
President Biden signed a new $1.9 trillion COVID relief package into law on Thursday, March 11, 2021. A chunk of the bill is direct relief to individuals, including a third round of one-time payments, this time $1,400, to most Americans. Families als...
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Biden’s Executive Action on Immigration
Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021, and was sworn in alongside Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Following the inauguration ceremony, US president Joe Biden got officially right to work. Following to have t...
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EEOC Guidance Released: As an Employer, Can I Oblige My Employees to get Vaccinated for COVID-19?
While our hopes to eliminate the gruesome pandemic flourishes with the recent developments in authorization of COVID-19 vaccine, the business world is highly intrigued by the question whether it was possible to implement a mandatory vaccination polic...
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