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RUSSIA: Draft Law to Restrict Employment of Foreign Nationals Introduced
April 19, 2018
On 13th April 2018, a draft law was introduced to the Russian parliament, proposing new powers to ban or restrict the employment of nationals of the United States and/or other countries imposing sanctions on Russia.
Read MoreUSA: President Trump’s Travel Ban and Subsequent Legal Block
January 30, 2017
As a result of an Executive Order (EO) signed by US President Donald Trump on Friday 27th January 2017, nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen are temporarily suspended from entering the United States. This includes dual…
Read MoreUSA: Final “International Entrepreneur Rule” Published
January 26, 2017
Following on from our alert on 26th October 2017, we can confirm that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have published the finalised 'International Entrepreneur Rule'. This new route will be welcomed by international entrepreneurs?
Read MoreUSA: New USCIS Rule Amending Several Employment-Based and Non-Immigrant Visa Programs
January 19, 2017
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has recently announced amendments to certain regulations to improve US employer's ability to recruit and retain high-skilled personnel who have been granted employment-based immigrant visas and are waiting to become lawful permanent residents.…
Read MoreCHINA: 10 Year Multiple Entry Visa Implementation with Israel
December 14, 2016
In early 2016, Israel and China signed a 10-year Multiple Entry Visa Agreement. This agreement effectively makes Israel the third country, after the United States and Canada, to have such an arrangement with China. The agreement came into effect and…
Read MoreUSA: International Entrepreneur Rule
October 26, 2016
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed an alternative immigration route aimed at foreign nationals who can show that their presence in the United States would contribute a significant public benefit. The "International Entrepreneur Rule" allows an entrepreneur of a…
Read MoreUSA: Fiscal Year 2017 H-1B Cap Reached Already
April 11, 2016
On 7th April 2016, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it had received sufficient quota-subject H-1B filings for government fiscal year 2017, from the 1st October 2016 to 30th September 2017, to meet both the general H-1B quota (65,000),…
Read MoreUSA: Additional Passport Pages Service Being Phased Out
October 28, 2015
United States citizens abroad will soon no longer be able to have additional pages inserted into their passport, as this service is being phased out in line with the rollout of the "Next Generation" U.S. passports in 2016. Instead,…
Read MoreUS: Hardware Failure at Department of State Causes Visa Backlog
June 17, 2015
Visa applications to the United States submitted around the 9th June 2015 are likely to be delayed as the US Department of State (DOS) has been experiencing technical difficulties with their hardware. The IT failure stopped biometric requests…
Read MoreRussia and the U.S. launch a simplified visa agreement
September 17, 2012
An historic visa agreement has been agreed between the United States and Russia, which is now in force. On the 7th September 2012 The U.S. Department of State announced : "the agreement facilitates travel between our countries and enables us…
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