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...
by Kyle Knapp | Nov 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
If only Uncle Joe could wave a magic wand and make four years of horrible immigration policy and practice go away, the United States would be in a much better place. Major policy shifts will take some time to unwind and correct. The low hanging fruit, however, is the...
by Kyle Knapp | Oct 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
While the world optimistically hopes for a Biden victory, the Trump administration’s concern over polling numbers has the swan song lyricists working in high gear. The targets this time are prevailing wages for H-1B visa and green card sponsorship and the H-1B program...
by Kyle Knapp | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
As we inch ever closer to a very important election day, I thought a refresher on Comprehensive Immigration Reform (or “CIR”) would be helpful when reading candidate statements and viewing debates. Broadly speaking there are three key areas to CIR: Secure the border,...
by Kyle Knapp | Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Not that it ever was inexpensive to apply for a green card to become a permanent resident or to apply for naturalization to become a citizen, but it’s now about the break the piggy bank. The current fee for individuals applying for permanent residency from within the...
by Kyle Knapp | Jul 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
The U.S. State Department announced that visa processing at U.S. consulates and embassies abroad can begin as early as July 15, 2020. Since the March 20, 2020 suspension of operations and cancellation of visa interviews at most consular posts, there has been little...
by Kyle Knapp | Jun 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Knapp Immigration Law supports the Black Lives Matter movement to achieve understanding, equality, and justice. As an immigration attorney, I also believe it’s important to offer a word of caution to noncitizens about participating in public assemblies or...
by Kyle Knapp | May 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Facing difficulty in meeting the 15-day commitment to review Premium Processing requests for I-129 and I-140 petitions, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) halted the service on March 20, 2020. Ironically, since then, processing times for many H and L...
by Kyle Knapp | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
In typical fashion, the White House released this latest Executive Order after business hours last night and made it effective today, April 23, 2020. Let’s first be clear about what’s going on here. This no doubt was engineered by the president’s anti-immigration,...
