Category: News

On April 10, 2018, the President announced that travel restrictions against the nation of Chad will be removed. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has determined that Chad has raised its security standards to meet the baseline U.S. national security requirements.  According to DHS, Chad has made significant progress toward modernizing its passport documents, regularizing […]

Rosanna Berardi, Managing Partner of Berardi Immigration Law, has been elected as a National Director of the AmCham (American Chamber of Commerce in Canada) Toronto GTA Chapter. The organization serves as the first and most comprehensive point of contact for U.S. businesses coming into Canada and Canadian businesses seeking to develop markets in the United […]

On April 4, 2018, President Trump released a policy memorandum that directs the use of National Guard troops at the southern border. According to the memo, “the situation at the border has now reached a point of crisis.” The President highlights a “drastic surge” of illegal activity, including the inflow of contraband, dangerous gang activity […]

The Trump administration has just announced plans to start requiring a majority of visa applicants to turn over five years of social media history when applying for entry into the U.S.; countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program would be exempt from this new requirement. The move follows the President’s emphasis on “extreme vetting” and […]

Over the weekend, the President issued a barrage of tweets criticizing lawmakers over immigration and demanding that Congress pass stronger border legislation. Trump tweeted that “DACA is dead because the Democrats didn’t care or act, and now everyone wants to get onto the DACA bandwagon … No longer works. Must build Wall and secure our […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in conjunction with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that beginning April 30, 2018, it will roll out a pilot program that will eliminate “on the spot” border L-1 NAFTA adjudications at the Blaine, Washington port of entry. Instead, the government will replace these instant border adjudications with […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched a new pilot to test a redesigned processing times webpage that will display the data for all its forms in an easier-to-read format. In addition, USCIS is also testing a new way of collecting information and calculating the processing times for some of its forms. Currently, the […]

In January of 2018, CBP issued a new directive regarding the search of electronic devices. Each day, CBP processes over one million passengers. In 2017, CBP processed over 400 million passengers, of which 30,200 electronic devices were searched. While this number is small, it is important to know your rights when crossing the border with […]

USCIS announced yesterday that beginning on October 1, 2017, they will begin expanding in-person interviews for applicants moving from an employment-based nonimmigrant status to Lawful Permanent Resident status through the filing of an Adjustment of Status (Form I-485) application. This change comes as part of President Trump’s Executive Order 13780, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign […]

United States immigration policy has been at the forefront of media coverage since President Donald Trump took office in January. Unfortunately, much of what has been reported is either exaggerated or inaccurate. Berardi Immigration Law has spent the first quarter of the year addressing immigration in the news, and we have addressed the media on […]