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Visa
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Immigration
Can Visa Holders and Immigrants Travel Inside the U.S.? Plane, Car, Bus, Train, Subway, and Checkpoint Risks
By Richard T. Herman, Esq. | Herman Legal Group – Can immigrants travel inside the U.S.? Quick Answer Most immigrants and visa holders can travel inside the United States. A…
Immigration Blog
State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Interviews Following Court Ruling Vacating 75-Country Suspension
By Michael H. Neifach, Otieno B. Ombok, Brenda Oliver
Takeaways The State Department is pausing immigrant visa interview appointments while consular officers receive updated public-charge training. The agency has not publicly announced the duration or precise scope of this…
Free Movement Articles
Suitability refusals: contriving to frustrate the intention of the rules
By Nath Gbikpi
Table of ContentsParagraph SUI 11.2: contriving to frustrate the intentions of the rulesImmigration law breaches that might trigger refusalDealing with refusals under paragraph SUI 11.2Helpful casesJC (Part 9 HC395) –…
HR Law Watch
Foreign Journalists Face New U.S. Visa Time Limits Beginning September 15
By Dustin J. O'Quinn, Charles D. Tobin
Foreign journalists working in the United States, and the media organizations that employ them, should review the significant change in U.S. immigration rules that takes effect September 15, 2026. For…
Free Movement Articles
Visitor visa applicants must be allowed to respond to ‘not genuinely seeking entry’ allegation
By Joseph Maggs
Where a visitor visa is refused on the grounds that the applicant is not genuinely seeking entry as a visitor, this amounts to a finding of deception. Home Office decisions…
EB-5 Insights
New State Department Task Force Expands Visa Enforcement Against Birth Tourism
The Department of State has established a Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force to address visa misuse associated with travel to the United States for childbirth.
Inside Business Immigration
New State Department Task Force Expands Visa Enforcement Against Birth Tourism
The Department of State has established a Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force to address visa misuse associated with travel to the United States for childbirth.
Free Movement Articles
Gaza visit visa refusal amounted to a human rights refusal despite the wording of the decision letter
By Zaki Sarraf
Refusing a visit visa can amount to a refusal of a human rights claim, even if the decision letter says otherwise. This was the finding in Entry Clearance Officer v…
Inside Business Immigration
The Visa Bond Program Becomes Permanent: Considerations for Employers and Business Travelers
A new final rule permanently establishes the Visa Bond Program for certain B-1/B-2 visa applicants, including bond amounts, eligibility criteria, forfeiture provisions, and travel restrictions.
Free Movement Articles
Home Office concedes that trafficking survivors with skilled worker visas can have their leave varied to VTS leave
Two recognised victims of modern slavery who were left destitute and unable to work have successfully challenged the Home Office’s refusal to grant them leave to remain as trafficking survivors…