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For the second year in a row, the number of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border surpassed two million. Our Managing Partner, Rosanna Berardi, discusses this and more in her video below. If you have any questions, contact Berardi Immigration Law today. We would love to hear from you.

If you are looking to come to the U.S. temporarily for business or tourism/pleasure, you must obtain a B-1 or B-2 nonimmigrant visa. B visas are also known as a “visitor” visa for individuals entering the U.S. temporarily as a nonimmigrant. Please note that Canadians are visa exempt. What is a B-1? The B-1 visa is […]

Canadian government has announced to waive off medical exams for around 180,000 temporary and permanent residence applicants who are already in the country. If you have any questions, contact Berardi Immigration Law today. We would love to hear from you.

Zach shares a recent client approval below involving a Canadian citizen and the L-1 visa. The L-1 nonimmigrant category is for intracompany transfers and blanket L petitions, and there are advantages for Canadians. Watch the video below and if you have any questions then please contact Berardi Immigration Law – we’d love to hear from […]

In September, the Trump administration announced that it would shut down the DACA program on March 5. Since then, two federal judges have ordered the administration to maintain major components of the program while legal challenges move forward. In January, Judge William H. Alsup of the Federal District Court in San Francisco ruled that the […]

The President’s 2019 budget proposal has just been sent to Congress and includes a request for $18 billion to build a wall along the southern border of the United States. In addition, it includes $2.7 billion to detain up to 52,000 undocumented immigrants and $782 million to hire 2,750 customs and immigration agents. Q: Is […]

Not to be confused with the National Visa Center, the National Vetting Center (also abbreviated as NVC) was established by President Trump on February 6. The Vetting Center is being created to address the shortcomings of the current vetting protocols and procedures already in place with the Department of Homeland Security. According to White House […]

Immigration policy continues to make national headlines as it has become a central focus of the Trump administration and a major sticking point between Democrats and Republicans. The lengthy and controversial negotiations surrounding the DACA program were recently responsible for a 69-hour government shutdown and the potential of yet another looms near. One term that […]

Late last week, the federal government shut down. While this isn’t completely out of the norm, what is unusual is the fact that the controversy focused on our U.S. immigration system. President Trump’s presidential campaign and first year of office focused heavily on comprehensive immigration reform. The Immigration and Nationality Act hasn’t been formally amended since 1996 and […]

USCIS Not Considering Change to H-1B Extension Rules The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has stated that it is not considering a regulatory change to the H-1B extension rules. It was previously reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was looking at whether it could stop approving H-1B extensions for H-1B workers who […]