World One Immigration Law Blog

An expert panel of Harvard alumni talk immigration policy and answer questions about the future of US immigration. 

By Katrina Mendoza The I-130 Petition for Alien Relative is the first step in sponsoring an eligible family member to immigrate to the United States with Lawful Permanent Residence or a "green card." A common misconception is that once the United States and Immigration Services approves an I-130 ...

by Andrea Lee ​ The new rule regarding the public charge ground of inadmissibility went into effect on December 23, 2022. As a result, Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, was updated with additional questions that have proven confusing for some. This article ...

An official of the U.S. State Department official said in an interview that the agency is creating a pilot program to allow certain foreign nationals to revalidate their visa stamps within the United States, without having to travel abroad and apply at a U.S. embassy or consulate abroad. This pil...

Karol Brown spoke at the Pacific Northwest Immigration Law Conference on September 22, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. Her panel was titled, "Weighing Whether to Go to Press or the Public with Your Business Clients." Her co-panelists were Jamie Langton, immigration attorney in Oregon, and Belle Woods, ...

By Katrina Mendoza For the last few years, the adjudication of I-751 Petitions to Remove Conditions on Permanent Residence by USCIS has been significantly backlogged. The global pandemic has only exacerbated these delays, leaving hundreds of thousands of conditional permanent residents with their...

By Feiya Go Job hunting is hard enough. Ever go through 18 interviews at a trendy tech company only to be told you weren't a good fit? How about seeing the application portal that makes you manually enter each experience again, even though you just uploaded your resume? All this warrants a deep b...

By Andrea Lee The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the expansion of premium processing service to more case types. Premium processing is an expedited adjudication service for specific types of forms filed with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). It is currently a...

In this episode of the Lawyerist Podcast, podcast host Stephanie talks with the managing attorney for World One Law Group, Karol Brown, about the importance of tracking KPIs in your law firm and what metrics you should track. In Karol's firm, they realized they were not measuring enough, so they ...

☎ 425.250.8110 | ✉ Contact Us The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has notified people regarding H1B registration lottery results for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Registered agents started receiving notifications on H1B 2023 lottery results on March 25, 2022. On Marc...

☎ 425.250.8110 | ✉ Contact Us President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on June 22, 2020 that furthered the Administration's ongoing efforts to prevent the entry to the United States of foreign workers and their families. Proclamation 10052 prohibits admission by foreign workers abroad who hav...

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program is an Obama-era program that provided protection against deportation for over 700,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. To be eligible for the program, immigrant children had to be under the age of 16 and arrive in th...

Today, April 1 2019, is the first day of the new H-1B cap season.  Unfortunately, we expect that all H-1B visas for the entire year will be gone by April 5, 2019.  Congress authorized only 65,000 H-1B visas for the entire country for the entire year.  For those with a master's or higher degree fr...

There are several different ways that a U.S. citizen can get permanent resident status for a spouse who is not a US citizen. Determining the most effective method of achieving this goal depends on your personal situation, the current location of your fiancé(e), and his or her immigration status,...

After lower courts rejected previous versions of the Trump travel ban, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Trump administration's so-called Travel Ban 3.0 in a 5-to-4 decision. Travel Ban 3.0 applies to individuals from seven different countries, five of which have Muslim majorities. More speci...

U.S. House of Representatives Set to Vote Today World One Law Group has contacted members of the U.S. House of Representatives, urging them to oppose Speaker Ryan's “Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018” and Representative Goodlatte's “Securing America's Future Act of 2018” (H.R. 4...

Know Your Rights If ICE Visits Your ​Home, Workplace, or Public Space  The American Immigration Lawyers Association provides Know Your Rights handouts for several scenarios: ICE worksite raids (for employers), ICE home visits, and ICE public stops. For each language, there are three versions ...

Update on Litigation Challenging President Trump's Proclamation Restricting Travel Federal Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, saying  Trump's third version of the policy "plainly discriminates based on nationality." The President's executive or...

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for H-1B Petitions U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Tuesday, October 3rd that it will resume premium processing all types of H-1B petitions and for all H-1B visa extension of stay petitions. This change is effective immediately. USCI...

What You Need to Know about the Presidential Proclamation “Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats” What Happened ​Since taking office on January 20th of this year, President Trump has sig...

Karol Brown was interviewed by US Immigration Podcast on L-1B visas.  These visas are used by multinational companies to transfer employees with specialized knowledge from their work abroad to the United States. The podcast discusses how to apply for this visa, and reviews the requirements. Liste...

The US State Department's visa bulletin for October 2015 announced a new policy.  Starting on October 1, 2015, foreign nationals seeking permanent residency in the United States can file their adjustment of status earlier than previously allowed.  Although applicants can't get their "green cards"...

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service ("USCIS") issued a new policy, requiring employers to file amended H1B petitions when the worksite location changes.  This final guidance requires information technology, management consulting, and other project-based companies to spend more o...