U.S. Visa Services in Turkey to Fully Resume
Both the United States and Turkey announced today, December 28, 2017, that visa services would fully resume. The U.S. suspended nonimmigrant visa services in Turkey in October 2017 over a Turkish employee at the U.S. Embassy in Istanbul being detained by the Turkish government for an alleged link to the attempted 2016 coup. There was a partial resumption of U.S. visa services in Turkey in November 2017. Turkey, in an act of reciprocity will also resume processing Turkish vi
Federal Judge Grants Motions for an Injunction Against Trump's Refugee Ban
U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington, James Robart, issued his decision on Saturday, December 23, 2017 granting the motions for a preliminary injunction for both the individual plaintiffs and the organizational plaintiffs in the case. The preliminary injunction for the individual plaintiffs means that the applications of the follow-to-join refugee applicants from the affected countries will continue to be processed and the follow-to-join refugee a
U.S. Court Rules Against Trump Travel Ban 3.0
On Friday, December 22, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit through a three judge panel unanimously ruled in favor regarding the preliminary injunction granted by the District Court against the Trump Administration's travel ban only as far as relief for those affected individuals with a "credible bona fide relationship with the United States." The Court will allow the travel ban to continue to take effect as is pending the review of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trump's Travel Ban 3.0 will go into Effect for Now
On Monday, December 4th, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of the U.S. District Court's preliminary injunction issued for the (third version of the) Trump Administration's Travel Ban (The Presidential Proclamation Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats) in Hawaii v. Trump. This stay is effective pending the Trump Administration's appeal in the 9th Circuit and the
Federal Judge Rules Against the Trump Administration by Not Allowing the Paroling of Certain Foreign
Since July 17, 2017, certain founders of startups in the U.S. were to become eligible to be able to be paroled into the U.S. for up to 30 months on a case-by-case basis; their stay may then be able to be extended for up to 30 months in the case that certain requirements are met. In order to be paroled into the U.S. under this rule, these entrepreneurs would need to provide evidence of their "substantial and demonstrated potential for rapid business growth and job creation pr
