In the 10 weeks since we last wrote about international travel, some countries have moved to allow more fluid international travel. For example, the United Kingdom has introduced a set of quarantine exceptions and the United States clarified who is
Business Immigration Insights
Moving Top Talent and Managing Risk
Business Immigration Insights, published by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, focuses on developments in U.S. business immigration law and policy. The blog covers topics such as visa bulletin updates, priority date movements, green card processing timelines, USCIS filing fee changes, and regulatory impacts on employment-based immigration categories. It provides analysis of visa availability for various countries and employment preferences, including EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 categories. The blog also addresses procedural changes affecting employers and foreign nationals, including fee adjustments and asylum processing shifts. It serves as a resource for legal professionals and businesses navigating U.S. immigration compliance and strategic planning.
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September 2020 Visa Bulletin –An Unexciting End to the Fiscal Year
The Visa Bulletin is released monthly by the Department of State and is used to determine when a sponsored foreign national can submit the final step of the green card process, or if already pending, when the final step can…
USCIS Document Production Delays Cause Major Inconvenience to Foreign Nationals and Their Employers
August 2020 Visa Bulletin – EB-3 Advances Across all Countries (including China and India)
The Visa Bulletin is released monthly by the Department of State and is used to determine when a sponsored foreign national can submit the final step of the green card process, or if already pending, when the final step can…
COVID-19 UPDATE: USCIS Extends Relaxed Requirements for Form I-9
ENTRY BAN UPDATE: Clarifications to June 22 Proclamation Bring Even Worse News, Except for Canadians
In the ten days since we reported on presidential Proclamation 10052, certain questions we and other immigration attorneys had about the proclamation have been clarified. The proclamation established a ban on admission to the United States for people in…
President Halts Certain Nonimmigrant Admissions and Extends Immigrant Admission Ban Through End of Year
UPDATES as of July 1, 2020: Please see our new piece, Entry Ban Update, for additional information that has become available about how the proclamation is being enforced for Canadians, visa renewals, and exceptions.…
COVID-19 UPDATE: How Does the Outbreak Affect International Travel?
We last wrote about international travel during COVID-19 in March, with a general overview and a separate article about travel in North America. Since then, many changes have occurred (for example, those traveling to Canada and the United Kingdom…
The Legal 500 Recognizes HuntonAK Labor and Employment Practice For 2020
We are pleased to announce that the Labor and Employment team at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has been recognized as practice leaders in Immigration and Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense by The Legal 500. Eleven individual lawyers on HuntonAK’s Labor and…
July 2020 Visa Bulletin –Backlogs Persist, but India Advances at a Quicker Pace
The Visa Bulletin is released monthly by the Department of State and is used to determine when a sponsored foreign national can submit the final step of the green card process, or if already pending, when the final step can…

