Category: Enter The US

Are you trying to figure out what your USCIS case status is online? Worried about the time it takes to go through the immigration process? Watch this informative tutorial and learn how to quickly and easily check your USCIS case status online. Find out all you need to know about visa applications, green cards, border […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which is a division within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has the authority over the admission of travelers to the United States. As the United States’ unified border entity, CBP officers may discretionarily allow temporary visitors holding expired nonimmigrant visas to be admitted into the United States at […]

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) is an automated system that assists in determining eligibility to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) and whether such travel poses any law enforcement or security risk. Upon completion of your ESTA application, you will be […]

To get an application for a nonimmigrant U.S. visa approved, most applicants must attend a visa interview. This is a meeting where the applicant will meet with a consular officer and answer questions about their intended travel to the U.S., ties to their home country, their immigration background, and other related information. The officer will […]

Does the mandate still make sense? When will the US drop it for good? Our Managing Partner, Rosanna Berardi, discusses this and more in the video below. If you have any questions, contact Berardi Immigration Law today. We would love to hear from you.

We often hear questions like these from Canadian clients looking to travel in the US… While there’s some truth to these sentiments, there are also popular misconceptions around the myth of the 180-day rule for Canadian visitors. Canadian visitors are generally granted a six-month default period of stay in B-2 visitor status at the time […]

An I-94 record is the DHS Arrival/Departure Record issued to individuals in nonimmigrant status who are admitted to the United States. A Customs and Border Protection officer generally would attach the I-94 to the non-immigrant visitor’s passport upon entry to the United States. Now, the I-94 Form is automated: Travelers will be issued I-94s electronically […]

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) has submitted an amendment under consideration this week, which would end the requirement for showing proof of vaccination for Canadians entering the United States along land ports of entry. Find out more in the video below. If you have any questions, contact Berardi Immigration Law today. We would love to hear […]

Our Managing Partner, Rosanna Berardi, talks about the U.S. entry vaccine requirement extension. If you have any questions, contact Berardi Immigration Law today. We would love to hear from you.

As of December 23, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility final rule has been in effect. This final rule provides clarity and consistency for noncitizens on how DHS will administer the public charge ground of inadmissibility. The rule restores the historical understanding of a “public charge” that had been […]