United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

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New UK visa and immigration points-based system unveiled

0:20 20/02/2020
Sanwar Ali comment: There are numerous criticisms of the new UK visa points based system due to be implemented from 1 January 2021. If low skilled workers are not allowed into the Country under the...

US L1A visa requirements clarified claims USCIS

23:26 04/01/2019
A policy memorandum issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in mid-November 2018, was supposed to clarify L1A intra-company transfer visa rules. However, it appears that...

L1 visa for Canadians and others more difficult under Trump

18:36 25/11/2018
Access to the US L1 visa is getting harder as the USCIS scrutinizes cases more than ever before. Canadian business executives have also been hit by recent restrictions to the L1 visa programme. As...

US L1 visa USCIS pilot program for Canadians until October 31st 2018

11:41 01/06/2018
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently new pilot scheme favors advance planning over border adjudications for Canadian L1 visa holders. The pilot program, launched on...

US L1 visa petition rules updated by USCIS under Trump

20:02 28/05/2018
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an updated rule recently, clarifying the criteria for certain intra-company transferee L1 visa petitions . Where there are proxy...

US Visa US Citizenship and Immigration Services controversy as ‘nation of immigrants’ is removed from mission statement under Trump

14:30 16/04/2018
In the midst of a Trump crackdown on US Visas , United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has scrapped the term ‘a nation of immigrants’ from its mission statement. Sanwar Ali...

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