Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, Dec. 8, 2023 "A federal judge in San Diego on Friday approved a settlement that prohibits U.S. officials from separating migrant families for crossing the U.S....
USCIS, Dec. 8, 2023 "The employment-based (EB) annual limit for fiscal year (FY) 2024 will be higher than was typical before the pandemic, though lower than in FY 2021-2023. We are dedicated to...
Elliot Spagat, Associated Press, Dec. 8, 2023 "A federal judge was poised Friday to prohibit separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively...
In an unpublished decision dated Dec. 4, 2023 a panel of the Ninth Circuit remanded for a new hearing. The facts are stunning...unless you practice immigration law: "Because Lead Petitioner credibly...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 12/07/2023 "The Department of State (“Department”) is amending its regulation governing immigrant visas by removing...
Filazapovich et al. v. Dept. of State
"For the foregoing reasons, the court (1) grants the Goh Plaintiffs summary judgment ontheir claims that the No-Visa Policy is contrary to law and Defendants unreasonably delayed theirvisa applications; (2) denies the Goh Defendants’ motion for summary judgment except as toPlaintiffs who have already received their diversity visas; (3) denies the Filazapovich Plaintiffs’motion for a preliminary injunction; and (4) grants the Goodluck Plaintiffs’ motion for apreliminary injunction because they are likely to succeed on their claims that the No-Visa Policyis contrary to law, that Defendants unreasonably delayed and unlawfully withheld adjudication oftheir DV-2021 applications, and that Defendants’ prioritization policy is arbitrary and capriciousas applied to diversity visa applicants.The court orders as follows:...."