Daryanani Law Group PC

03/09/2023

Economic upturns and a desire to reunite with family has resulted in the number of undocumented people from countries like Poland, Brazil, and Mexico to return to their home countries. Their exodus from the US is one of many reasons why the total number of undocumented immigrants in the country has remained relatively stable according to demographers, notwithstanding the increase in applications at the southern border.
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03/08/2023

rolled out premium processing service and online-filing procedures for certain F-1 student visa holders seeking Optional Practical Training (“OPT”) and F-1 students STEM OPT extensions. Effective March 6 for pending applications and April 6 for new filings.
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03/08/2023

Demand or high-skilled foreign workers on H-1B visas expected to reach a new high for the 3rd yr in a row as registrations kicked off. Concurrently, H-1B visa holders in the IT industry laid off in the past few months are faced with the prospect of having to leave the homes they have created in the US.
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02/27/2023

will use the monthly Visa Bulletin “Dates for Filing” chart, as opposed to “Final Action Date” chart to protect child adjustment of status applicants who risk aging out of availability to obtain a green card as derivative beneficiaries of their parents’ immigrant petitions, upon reaching age 21.

02/27/2023

02/20/2023

02/13/2023

announced a plan to launch a pilot program for H and L visa holders to renew their visas in the US, instead of having to travel abroad via interview with which should be launched later this year.

Keeping in line with its efforts to improve visa processing backlogs at the consulates and embassies around the world, the Department of State (“DOS”) announced a plan to launch a pilot program for H and L visa holders to renew their visas in the US, instead of having to travel abroad. In an int...

08/05/2022

07/29/2022

The bronze Charging Bull statue that has come to represent the US stock market has been on display in Manhattan’s Financial District since 1989. Nearby, in the Meatpacking District, a brand-new bronze bull sculpture is on view. Mexican sculptor Enrique Cabrera’s ‘El Toro de Oro,’ which translates to ‘The Golden Bull,’ is an homage to the neighborhood’s past and future. The butcher block-inspired pedestal is a nod to the slaughterhouses and meat packing and processing plants that once defined the neighborhood. The shiny, multifaceted sculpture sparkles in the sunlight atop this platform, celebrating the neighborhood’s reincarnation as a vibrant nightlife and high-end food epicenter. The contrast is “a visual representation of the Meatpacking District’s immense transformation over the last two decades.”
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07/26/2022

On Monday, June 27, 2022, migrants who had crossed the US border were locked into an unventilated tractor trailer in the scorching heat. 53 people died. The tragedy highlights that our existing immigration policies are a failure.
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Desperate to flee political unrest, gang violence, extreme poverty, or extreme climate disasters, thousands of people resort to risking their lives every year to seek safety for themselves and their families in the United States. On Monday, June 27, 2022, a tragedy occurred that is “among the wors...

07/26/2022

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is yet again extending flexibilities for responding to agency requests. The 60-day deadline extension policy for responses to various agency actions has been extended through October 23, 2022.
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07/26/2022

“There are tens of thousands of Afghans who have applied for Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) whose applications are still being processed nearly a year after the botched US withdrawal from Afghanistan, a senior administration official said Monday”
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There are tens of thousands of Afghans who have applied for Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) whose applications are still being processed nearly a year after the botched US withdrawal from Afghanistan, a senior administration official said Monday, adding that the process will now be entirely overseen b...