The Trump administration has directed U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide to temporarily pause and reschedule immigrant visa interviews while consular officers undergo mandatory training on enhanced screening procedures, including the public charge ground of inadmissibility.
Continue Reading State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Interviews Worldwide as Consular Officers Undergo New Public Charge Training
In De Moura Gomes v. Rubio, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia addressed the State Department’s immigrant visa processing pause tied to public charge determinations.
The U.S. State Department has announced a temporary halt on immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries, effective Jan. 21, 2026. This pause comes as the department reassesses its
Continue Reading U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Processing for 75 Countries – What Applicants and Businesses Need to Know
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced expected changes to the registration requirements for foreign nationals in the United States.
Continue Reading Considerations for Navigating the New Alien Registration Process: Effective April 11, 2025
The U.S. State Department and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that they have issued all legally available visas in the unreserved EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program categories for Fiscal Year
Continue Reading US Department of State Announces Annual Limit Reached in EB-5 Unreserved Category
Immigration professionals and clients have been reporting technical issues and error messages they received when attempting to access cases at the National Visa Center (NVC) through the Consular Electronic Application
Continue Reading NVC Resolves Issues in CEAC Creating Error Messages
Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Immigration and Compliance Practice Global Co-Chair Kate Kalmykov and Shareholder Jennifer Hermansky received recognition in EB5 Investors Magazine’s “Top 25 Attorneys” issue. The publication highlights
Continue Reading Greenberg Traurig’s Kate Kalmykov and Jennifer Hermansky Recognized in EB5 Investors Magazine ‘Top 25 Attorneys’ 2023 Issue
The global demand for non-immigrant U.S. visas skyrocketed during the COVID-19 health emergency, when travel was halted and U.S. embassies and consulates closed. Even after reopening, U.S. embassies and consulates
Continue Reading Bipartisan Letter from the Senate Urges U.S. State Department to Address Ongoing Visa Delays
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued updated guidance in its Policy Manual, which makes a key change in the interpretation of when an immigrant visa number “becomes available”
Continue Reading USCIS Updates Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) Age Calculation for Certain Adjustment of Status Applicants
Business immigration visa quotas have long presented a major hurdle for employers and employees. There is no logic to the quota systems that Congress has in place, and quotas are
Continue Reading Congress Needs to Fix Immigration Visa Quotas to Boost Economy