By Radhika Balaji, Associate Attorney As part of the Day 1 Executive Actions signed by President Biden, a memorandum for a regulatory freeze on federal agency actions has been issued to ensure that the new and pending rules that were issued by the Trump administration have been reviewed by President Biden’s new appointees and designees.…
On his first day in office, President Biden signed seventeen (17) executive orders and proclamations; 6 of which relate to immigration. These are mainly aimed at reversing some of the most restrictive immigration measures by former president Trump. Here is our brief summary: President Biden Revokes Muslim and African Travel Bans. In 2017 the Trump…
By Radhika Balaji, Associate Attorney. It is close to a year since the first lockdowns and travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic was issued. Although there had been a remarkable pace in which the COVID-19 vaccines have been developed, there is still long way before everyone can receive it! With a climbing surge in…
By Radhika Balaji, Associate Attorney. On January 12, 2021, USCIS announced that it will issue a revised Form I-797, Notice of Action for Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Cards to extend the validity of the Permanent Resident Card, commonly known as “Green Card”, if it has expired or is about to expire. This…
By Roujin Mozaffarimehr, Partner. On his first day in office, President Biden signed seventeen (17) executive orders and proclamations, one of which included the revocation of the Muslim and African Travel Bans. These bans were put into place in 2017 by the Trump Administration and restricted the immigrant and non-immigrant entry of foreign nationals from…