When looking at a picture of the Canadian immigration landscape, Québec's Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) distinguishes itself from the other pathways in that it is the only purely investment-based immigration program in Canada.

At Green and Spiegel, we were heartbroken to see the news and images coming out of south-eastern Turkiye and Syria, as two major earthquakes took thousands of lives on Monday...

Early this week, the Government of Canada announced the signing of a new Canada-South Korea Youth Mobility Arrangement to strengthen ties with South Korea. The new Canada-South Korea Youth Mobility Arrangement...

Please watch this webinar from Green and Spiegel, where an expert panel will address the uniqueness of the Canada/U.S. border and provide practical solutions to common cross-border issues.

Today, through a brief and unsigned order, the Supreme Court of the United States will immediately allow the Trump administration to fully enforce the latest travel ban restricting travel for nationals of: Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, North Korea, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, and Somalia. The decision was supported by seven Justices, with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissenting.

On December 10, 2024, USCIS and DHS provided an advance copy of a final rule permanently increasing the automatic extension period of employment authorization and documentation for certain renewal applicants.

In statements made to the Heritage Foundation on October 17, acting ICE Director Tom Homan stated that he has instructed the agency to potentially quintuple worksite enforcement actions next year.

On August 29, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") resumed processing of Advance Travel Authorizations ("ATAs") in the parole processes for certain nationals of Cuba, Haiti ...

Represented by immigration attorneys Ksenia Maiorova and Amy Maldonado, Poa's case highlights the challenges faced by international athletes in the U.S., particularly when it comes to NIL opportunities.

The premium processing fee is paid in addition to the base filing fee.

As we all process the results of the U.S. Presidential and Congressional election, we understand that both employers and individuals have questions and concerns...

The U.S. Department of State announced that the Diversity Visa Lottery entry period for 2019 was closed temporarily due to a technical error. All applicants who submitted entries between October...

In yet another effort to impose ‘extreme vetting' of foreign nationals entering the United States, on Friday March 30, 2018, The Department of State published two proposed rules (83 FR 13806 & 83 FR 13807) that, if approved, ...

We are very happy to announce that on November 16, 2023, The U.S. Department of State officially extended the E-visa duration for French nationals from 25 months to 48 months

U.S. Practice Director Jonathan Grode recently had the honor of serving as moderator in a panel discussion titled "Legal Considerations for Global Startups" hosted by the Global Innovation Forum.

In the latest development of changing US-Russian relations, the American diplomatic mission to Russia recently announced that as of August 23, 2017, all NIV applications will be suspended until September 1.

On September 17, USCIS announced changes to the Naturalization civics test. Applicants for citizenship are required to take and pass...

On July 30, 2024, USCIS announced that it would conduct a second randomized selection in the Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B Cap Lottery. In terms of timing the announcement is short on details, with USCIS indicating that it will make the additional selections "soon."

Last week we wrote in detail about the upcoming USCIS policy change whereby the agency will commence issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) for all denied benefit applications that result in applicants falling out of status.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will begin expanding the collection of social media information.