Archive for June, 2017
Supreme Court Gives Trump His First Partial Victory for his Travel Ban
By Shaftel Law / June 26, 2017 / Trump Immigration Policy
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a preliminary opinion today temporarily allowing part of Trump’s travel ban to take effect until a final decision is made later this year, perhaps by October. Many feared an end to the string of victories against the travel bans as the second ban worked its way up to the Supreme Court, […]
EB-1 Green Card Category for India and China Retrogress UNTIL October 1, 2017
By Shaftel Law / June 08, 2017 / Employment Immigration
As reported in the June 2017 Visa Bulletin, the EB-1 green card categories for India and China have retrogressed after being “current” for some time. This retrogression is based on increasingly high demand for employment-based green cards for highly skilled Indian and Chinese professionals. Read on for details relating to this retrogression. What Does the Retrogression Mean […]