In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump Administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion. DACA, established in 2012, allows certain unauthorized aliens who arrived in the United States as children to apply for a two-year forbearance of removal. Those granted such […]
On March 20, 2020, USCIS announced the suspension of premium processing for all I-129 and I-140 petitions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. There is now a plan in place for premium processing to resume. The temporary suspension of premium processing included petitions filed for the following categories: I-129: E-1, E-2, H-1B, H-2B, H-3, […]
The AILA Canada Chapter’s new Executive Committee for the 2020-2021 term is as follows: Chair: Ellen Kief Vice-Chair: Jessica Jensen Treasurer: Amanda Goodman Secretary: Matthew Silver Immediate Past Chair: Michael O’Rourke Founded in 1946, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that provides continuing legal education, information, professional services, and expertise through its 39 […]
The national interest waiver is a useful tool that can speed up the green card process. Most employment-based permanent residence processes require the employer to sponsor the foreign national through a test of the U.S. labor market and a showing that the foreign national is not taking a job away from a U.S. worker. This […]