Canada Cancels Testing Requirement for Fully Vaccinated Travelers
Effective April 1, 2022, at 12:01 AM EDT, fully vaccinated travelers will no longer need to provide a pre-entry COVID-19 test result to enter Canada by air, land, or water.
Read More »Spain Suspends Visas and Permits for Russian Nationals
The Government of Spain announced it would suspend the issuance of residence permits and visas under the Entrepreneurs’ Act 14/13 for Russian nationals and their
Read More »April 2022 Visa Bulletin Released
Highlights EB-1 remains current for all countries. Final Action Dates: EB-2 China remains unchanged with a cut-off date of March 1, 2019, and EB-3 China remains unchanged
Read More »DHS Announces TPS Designation for Afghanistan
On Wednesday, March 16, the Department of Homeland Security announced the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan for 18 months. The TPS designation
Read More »USCIS to Continue Providing Interpreters through 2023
USCIS announced that it would extend the temporary final rule (TFR) that requires certain asylum applicants to use their contract telephonic interpreters instead of bringing
Read More »UK Suspends Priority and Super Priority Processing
UK Visas and Immigration has suspended “Priority” and “Super Priority” services for new study, work, and family visa applications. UKVI will prioritize applications
Read More »TSA Extends Public Transportation Mask Requirement Until April
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that TSA would extend the security directive for mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs for
Read More »The UK Removes All Remaining COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
The UK Government announced it would remove the remaining COVID-19 international travel restrictions for all passengers from 4 am Friday, March 18. Travelers who are not
Read More »USCIS Will Begin Processing Work Permits and Advance Parole Separately
USCIS will “decouple” the EAD from the Advance Parole document to reduce the significant backlog in processing Employment Authorization Documents. The backlog in EAD
Read More »US Issues Level 4 “Do Not Travel” Warning for Vietnam and Hong Kong
In response to recent surges in COVID-19 infections in the country, the U.S. State Department has raised its travel advisory for Vietnam to level 4, indicating a “very
Read More »New Guidelines Allow LGBTQ Refugees and Asylees to Petition for Their Partners
USCIS has reversed a Trump-era policy that refused to recognize marriages that were not legal in their “place-of-celebration.” The policy had prevented most LGBTQ
Read More »The War in Ukraine, Refugees, and the State Department’s Role
In this week’s Immigration Nerds podcast, host and lead researcher Luke Bianco talks to Aaron Karnell, an EIG Senior Attorney, Consular Affairs, and a former Consular
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