Month January 2021

***Update*** it is now confirmed that immigration related orders will be moved to TUESDAY next week. The reason is because of the delay in confirming Secretary Mayorkas. OK so I thought I would recap where we stand with the immigrant… Continue Reading →

It has been reported at the weekend that President Biden will re-instate the travel restrictions that were put in place for a number of countries (UPDATE: the order has been published here). These include the Schengen area, UK and Ireland,… Continue Reading →

The new Visa Bulletin has been released. This one would normally be the bulletin controlling interviews in March, but of course we can assume that KCC will not schedule interviews in February because nothing has changed, from their perspective. The… Continue Reading →

Because this is an important topic I have created a video and this article which covers the same information. So – watch the video and/or read below – your choice. I enjoyed watching much of the inauguration day process as… Continue Reading →

There is a conference call with Judge Mehta today discussing the issue of expired and expiring DV2020 visas. If you want to listen in you can do so – dial the court’s toll-free public access line: (877) 848-7030, access code… Continue Reading →

Some of you may have listened to the Gomez appeal today. It was quite interesting, but we don’t have a decision yet. However, I wanted to explain what I heard, and give some context for those that were wondering. First… Continue Reading →

People have recently suggested various petitions when Trump was in power. That was a pointless exercise in my opinion, because it was asking a bully to be nicer to the people he wanted to bully. However, We will soon have… Continue Reading →

To be clear on the current status for DV2020 people with visas (most likely due to expire in March). Some people have travelled and entered since September. The airlines and even CBP were lax in understanding procedures. That seems to… Continue Reading →

As I have explained before the CEAC data was made available for DV2021 today, and Xarthisius has extracted the data for us, so that it can be understood better. Right now of course, all cases show “at NVC” which is… Continue Reading →

Here is the text of the Ban. In Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), I… Continue Reading →