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By Reuben S. Seguritan March 29, 2017   President Trump and his administration are pushing through with his campaign promise of extreme vetting and increased scrutiny for people applying for visas at US embassies around the world. Hence, visa applicants, whether family-based or employment-based and also tourists, should triple check all of the documents they Read the full article…

By Reuben S. Seguritan March 22, 2017   The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has increased its operations across the United States. It will no longer just go after convicted criminal aliens. ICE agents are free to apprehend and detain those who may have been charged or suspected of having committed a crime and those Read the full article…

By Reuben S. Seguritan March 15, 2017   The current immigration system for employment-based petitions has some flaws. First,  only a maximum of 7% of available employment-based visas can be issued to any one country regardless of how many applicants there are. This means that applicants from countries with smaller populations (and therefore a lower Read the full article…

By Reuben S. Seguritan March 8, 2017   On March 3, 2017, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that starting April 3, 2017, it will temporarily suspend premium processing of H-1B petitions. The suspension may last up to six months. The new policy will apply to all H-1B petitions, including regular cap Read the full article…

  By Reuben S. Seguritan March 1, 2017   In the two memos dated February 20, 2017, the Trump administration outlined the implementing rules for the Executive Order entitled “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States.” In a nutshell, the memos give federal agents broad discretion and powers to arrest, detain and Read the full article…