{"id":54,"date":"2017-03-06T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T18:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hillandpiibe.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2024-08-07T13:35:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T20:35:19","slug":"march-6th-new-immigration-developments-new-travel-ban-h-1b-visa-processing-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hillandpiibe.com\/en\/news\/2017\/03\/06\/march-6th-new-immigration-developments-new-travel-ban-h-1b-visa-processing-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"March 6th New Immigration Developments: A New Travel Ban, and H-1B Visa Processing Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New Travel Ban for 90 Days Targets Six Predominantly Muslim Countries<\/h2>\n<p>Today President Trump revoked the earlier ban of January 2017 and signed a new travel ban against six predominantly Muslim countries: \u00a0Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen (Iraq was left off the list).\u00a0 \u00a0Here are some key highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. EST on March 16, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Visa must have been issued by 5 pm EST on January 27, 2017<\/li>\n<li>It <u>does not apply<\/u> to:\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. lawful permanent residents (LPRs)<\/li>\n<li>Anyone paroled or admitted on or after the effect date<\/li>\n<li>Anyone with a document aside from a visa\u2014such as advance parole<\/li>\n<li>Dual nationals traveling under a passport from a non-banned country<\/li>\n<li>Diplomats (A visas),NATO visas (N visas), NGO officials (G visas) and C-2 visas to attend the United Nations<\/li>\n<li>Anyone granted asylum, refugee status, withholding, or advance parole under the protections of the Convention Against Torture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Exception Waivers of the travel ban are available on a case-by-case basis for hardship purposes, provided it is demonstrated that admission would not pose a threat to security and that admission is in the national interest.\u00a0 Examples include:\n<ul>\n<li>those returning to work\/study<\/li>\n<li>significant business or professional obligations<\/li>\n<li>close family members \u00a0and other humanitarian considerations<\/li>\n<li>employment or business with the U.S. government<\/li>\n<li>landed Canadian immigrants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new Executive Order gave brief descriptions of conflict\/terrorism support in each of the six countries, to demonstrate why these countries were chosen for the ban.\u00a0 Accompanying statements and documents\/letters issued by the Attorney General and the DHS also explained that these countries were chosen because they were countries where \u201cthe central government has lost control of territory to terrorists or terrorist organizations, such as ISIS, core al-Qa\u2019ida, and their regional affiliates,\u201d increasing a risk that nationals of these countries have been radicalized or become members.<\/p>\n<p>An agenda was also provided for the ban: in the first 20 days, DHS will review each country\u2019s identity and security information provided to support U.S. visa and other immigration benefit determinations. \u00a0The countries will then have 50 days to comply with requests from the U.S. Government to update or improve the quality of the information they provide.<\/p>\n<p>It also requires DHS to release information every 180 days about terrorism-related activity committed by noncitizens in the U.S. as well as gender-based violence against women committed by noncitizens.\u00a0 Finally, the EO suspends admission of refugees for 120 days so DHS can review screening procedures; but the suspension does not apply to those refugees already \u201cformally scheduled\u201d for transit by the State Department.\u00a0 Refugee admissions will be lowered to only 50,000 for Fiscal Year 2017.\u00a0 Again, individualized waivers are available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2017\/03\/06\/fact-sheet-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More information about the travel ban here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2017\/03\/06\/qa-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Government Q&amp;A about the ban here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>H-1B Premium Processing Will Not Be Available This April<\/h2>\n<p>USCIS recently announced that this season\u2019s H-1B filings (commencing April 3, 2017) will not be eligible for the optional faster processing known as \u201cpremium processing.\u201d\u00a0 H-1B applications are for \u201cspecialty occupations\u201d that generally require a bachelor\u2019s degree or higher.\u00a0 The H-1B petitions still will be accepted, but they will be processed at normal rates.\u00a0 This is to reduce existing backlog, and to prioritize adjudication of H-1B extension of status cases.\u00a0 \u201cExpedited Processing\u201d will be available, but the case must meet certain criteria: severe financial loss, emergency situation, humanitarian reasons, and others.\u00a0 It is not yet known how quickly an employer can expect a decision on an H-1B petition filed during the season.\u00a0 This affects the plans of many persons, especially those with lawful status expiring soon after the H-1B filing deadline\u2014these people will have to wait longer to hear if their lawful status has been extended.\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/news\/alerts\/uscis-will-temporarily-suspend-premium-processing-all-h-1b-petitions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More information at USCIS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Travel Ban for 90 Days Targets Six Predominantly Muslim Countries Today President Trump revoked the earlier ban of January 2017 and signed a new travel ban against six predominantly Muslim countries: \u00a0Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen (Iraq was left off the list).\u00a0 \u00a0Here are some key highlights: Goes into effect at 12:01 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":878,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-visas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>March 6th New Immigration Developments: A New Travel Ban, and H-1B Visa Processing Changes &#8226; 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