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Effective immediately in Guyana, all applicants for initial and renewal visas-on-arrival, Permits to Land and Work Permits, including those in the oil and gas industry, are required to submit a ...

The EU offers popular programs with some offering direct pathways to citizenship in countries that rank high on the international visa free index scale.

On May 4, 2016, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) published notice of a proposal to increase certain government filing fees and create a new fee.

Current visa options limit the ability of foreign national entrepreneurs to start and grow companies in the United States.

This month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit will hear a challenge to a recently-enacted Florida law, Senate Bill 264, which restricts foreign ownership or investment in Florida ...

Lawmakers are again considering changes to the EB-5 Program. In fact, before the end of this month, we may see provisions from the "Immigrant Investor Visa and Regional Center Program Comprehensive Reform Act" ...

What do a $175,000 Sea Ray yacht, a brand new $100,000 Mercedes Benz S-550 and a $55,000 BMW X5 SUV all have in common?

With all eyes in Washington focused on tax reform, let's not forget that there is a hard deadline approaching to address funding of federal activities with the current continuing resolution (CR)...

We expect the Trump administration to issue a new Executive Order ("EO") to address the travel ban for countries "of concern" and moratorium on refugee admissions.

It is common knowledge the EB-5 investor program received extensions through September 30, 2017.

A new State Department policy requires all U.S. visa applicants to submit information about social media accounts (such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram) they have used within the past five years.

On July 25, 2018, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Feng Wang, et al. v Michael R. Pompeo) that fundamentally challenges the way that the federal government counts spouses and children when determining the annual limits for the EB-5 immigrant visa category.

On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed into law the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2029), which will fund government agencies for at least another year. This omnibus spending bill also includes significant changes to the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) which appear under the Title of "Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015.''

On June 19, 2017, USCIS published a list of approvals and denials for Form I-526 [link] and Form I-829 [link] performance based on Regional Center, ranging from January 1, 2014 to May 31, 2017.

USCIS published a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 24, 2015, to inform the public of proposed changes to Form I­9, Employment Eligibility Verification.

In 2013, Greece Golden Visa Program was launched to the immigration market with a minimum real estate investment amount of €250,000.

In this five-part series, we highlight three important USCIS policy changes and provide eight best practice tips in light of the ever-tightening U.S. immigration environment.