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...
by Kyle Knapp | Mar 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Just when it appeared that President Biden was beginning to right the ship on immigration, his new Secretary of State reversed course acted like the captain of the Titanic. When former President Trump announced a travel ban last year for persons who had been in...
by Kyle Knapp | Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
In March 2019 USCIS began requiring “biometrics” (fingerprints and a photo taken at a local immigration office) for applications to change and/or extend nonimmigrant status. Common examples are a B-2 visitor for pleasure who wants to remain in the U.S. longer or an...
by Kyle Knapp | Jan 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
In a last-minute rush, the outgoing Trump administration crammed through two new rules. The first is a new version of the prevailing wage rule from October 2020 that a court set aside. The second is a rule to reconfigure the allocation of H-1B visas in the annual...
by Kyle Knapp | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the last few months there has been an increase in the guessing game of wondering what will come out of Washington. Not knowing what to expect from the Trump administration and the Friday afternoon bombshells became the norm in the last four years. Now we’re waiting...
