At the moment, Canadians can travel freely without a visa to countries within the Schengen area for stays of up to 90 days. Schengen area countries include Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden […]
On June 5, 2019, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 passed the House of Representatives 237-187, essentially on a party-line. The Bill would provide protection from deportation and a path to citizenship to over 2 million Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure recipients. Each of these three groups are in the […]
Last week, police forces in Montreal, Laval and Longueuil announced that they will be working with the hospitality and transportation industry to detect and prevent sexual exploitation. This program, RADAR, will attempt to combat the increased sexual tourism that plagues Montreal during Grand Prix weekend. Those on the front lines of these industries will be […]
Over the past five years, there has been a clear trend in the amount of methamphetamine seized by United States Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”). FY 2014: 19,613 lbs FY 2015: 25,496 lbs FY 2016: 33,086 lbs FY 2017: 46,247 lbs FY 2018: 56,362 lbs More meth is being found by CBP officers and the […]
The Supreme Court’s ruling in U.S. v. Windsor (2013), guarantees same-sex couples the same immigration benefits as heterosexual couples. However, recently, some same-sex couples have been facing hurdles in securing citizenship for their children. James Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg, both American citizens, are a married same-sex couple and on May 21, 2019, they received […]
H-1B denial rates have been on the rise. In FY 2016, the denial rate of initial H-1B petitions was 10%, it reached 13% in FY 2017, 24% in FY 2018, and 32% in FY 2019. Two complaints over the past couple of weeks show how some petitioners are dealing with what they believe to be […]
On May 29, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the introduction of Electronic Secured Adjudication Forms Environment (e-SAFE). e-SAFE is a new online system that will allow for the electronic filing of Form I-192, Application for Advance Permission to Enter as a Nonimmigrant. Form I-192 is used by individuals who are deemed inadmissible (i.e. […]
On May 13, 2019, U.S. Attorney Ryan L. Patrick; Special Agent in Charge Mark Dawson of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations; and District Director Tony Bryson of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that 50 people were in custody for participating in a large-scale marriage fraud scheme. The marriage fraud scheme was one […]
The TN Economist category has plagued applicants for a long time. Inconsistent adjudications and a lack of guidance created a lot of confusion as to what exactly is required to qualify as an economist. For years, the only information that applicants had was that the category required a baccalaureate or licenciatura degree. Beyond that, there […]