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Visa Application
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Knowledge Centre
High Potential Individual Visa Application Guide
The High Potential Individual (HPI) route will open on 30 May 2022. In this application guide we look at the High Potential Individual Visa in detail, providing answers to questions…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Australian Court Grants Tennis Champion Novak Djokovic Visa Appeal
Breaking News! An Australian court granted Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic his visa appeal, which he filed after the government rejected his entry papers over an allegedly inadmissible medical vaccine…
Buchanan Immigration Law
Visa Applications: Waiver of Interviews
By Dilip Patel
On December 23, 2021, the Secretary of State authorized consular offices through December 31, 2022, to waive in-person interview requirements for certain nonimmigrant visa applicants. Who is covered under the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Blanks in visa applications no longer grounds for rejecting humanitarian benefits
Immigration scholars and attorneys have noted that the assault on legal immigrants occured in small and yet significant ways during the Trump administration. These obscure changes in policies and practices…
UK Immigration Blog
10 Most Common UK Visa Rejection Reasons – 2021
It may seem simple when your visa application is granted, but the process of visa approval by the Home Office is strict and rigorous. Each application is being scrutinized thoroughly…
Immigration Blog
USCIS to Suspend Biometrics Requirements for Certain Visa Applications
By Yuchen Zhang
USCIS expects to suspend biometrics requirements for H-4, L-2 and E-1, E-2, and E-3 Form I-539 applications beginning May 17, 2021, for at least 24 months. It will retain the…
Law Offices of Jacqueline Lentini, LLC Blog
Visa Articles to Review
Two articles from 2020 discuss some issues for which you need to be aware. Following are the articles and the bullet points for each: Article: USCIS Informs 13,000 Federal Employees…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Privacy Issues of U.S. Collection of Social Media Information from Visa Applicants
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Amy L. Peck
The Department of State (DOS) has been collecting (and maintaining) information on social media use from all visa applicants (immigrant and non-immigrant) since June 2019. The DOS’s collection and maintenance of…
Immigration Blog
Privacy Issues of U.S. Collection of Social Media Information from Visa Applicants
By Amy L. Peck, Joseph J. Lazzarotti
The Department of State (DOS) has been collecting (and maintaining) information on social media use from all visa applicants (immigrant and non-immigrant) since June 2019. The DOS’s collection and maintenance of…
SmartMove2 UK Visa Blog
Covid-19: UKVCAS has suspended the service
In light of the current COVID-19 situation, UKVCAS has suspended the service for the safety of their applicants and their staff.The worldwide response to COVID-19 continues to affect the UK’s…