by Kyle Knapp | Jan 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
USCIS once again this year will conduct the H-1B lottery in March to allocate the 85,000 visas for the next fiscal year, which runs October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Employers submit online entries in early March, and USCIS notifies “winners” in late March....
by Kyle Knapp | Dec 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
The pandemic continues to create challenges for international travel. When President Biden lifted the country-based travel restrictions on October 25, 2021, it appeared that the new vaccination requirement for travel to the United States would be the standard to allow...
by Kyle Knapp | Nov 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security entered into a settlement agreement over a lawsuit concerning work authorization of H-4 and L-2 spouses. At first glance it sounds like a watershed moment. On closer examination, the settlement...
by Kyle Knapp | Oct 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
The annual Diversity Lottery (i.e. green card lottery) opens soon for the 55,000 visas. The registration period this year will run from noon Eastern Daylight Time on October 6, 2021 until noon Eastern Standard Time on November 9, 2021. Each year the U.S. State...
by Kyle Knapp | Sep 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
The U.S. State Department reports that there are approximately 500,000 immigrant visa applications currently awaiting interviews at U.S. consulates and embassies abroad. Immigrant visas, also called green cards, are for persons coming to the United States as permanent...
by Kyle Knapp | Aug 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
The National Interest Exception (NIE) travel authorization landscape continues to evolve. As a recap, soon after the Covid-19 pandemic began, the United States prohibited travel from certain countries. Unless exempt from the ban, persons who have been present in a...
by Kyle Knapp | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the June/July 2021 issue of Forbes magazine, Amy Feldman appropriately asks the question, “Why do we [the United States] make it so difficult for foreign-born entrepreneurs to start businesses here?” Queue the crickets. Feldman references the entrepreneur rule...
by Kyle Knapp | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
When President Biden signed an executive order on February 2, 2021, “Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration System and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americas,” I decided to take the bated breath approach to see what actually happened. I...
by Kyle Knapp | May 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
In his latest book, Humankind, A Hopeful History, Rutger Bregman explores the question of whether people truly are good. Do we mean well? Or are we always on the tipping point of doing evil? His book title clearly gives away his position. In examining one historical...
by Kyle Knapp | Apr 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Now that most of the Trump era visa bans have been lifted, one would think that it’s back to business as usual. If only. Two major challenges that continue are the restriction on persons who have been in certain countries in the two weeks before their planned travel...
