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It’s not the number of H-1B visa holders from banned countries that is driving this challenge The U.S. technology industry warned President Donald Trump that his immigration order will hurt the U.S. economy by making it more difficult for businesses to attract overseas workers. The administration’s seven-country ban is, for the tech industry, a blinking […]

Los Angeles producer Rossi Cannon relies heavily on foreign directors and cinematographers to make commercials for brands such as Nike. Cannon, 48, never thought that her access to the global talent pool might be limited.Now she’s not so sure. The election of President Trump, she says, has increased anxiety in the entertainment industry about how […]

Catholic Charities of Buffalo planned to welcome 19 refugees to Buffalo this week, but instead those refugees are temporarily banned from entering the United States for the next four months. An executive order signed Jan. 27 by President Trump suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days and halts admissions of citizens from seven […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s been a busy weekend for immigration attorneys, who constantly fielded calls related to President Trump’s executive order that calls for a temporary immigrant and refugee ban from seven countries. “Some of our clients are corporations that have offices throughout the world and they transfer people from various countries into the U.S. […]

On Friday, January 27, President Trump signed an Executive Order halting visa issuance to refugees for 120 days (and for Syrians indefinitely), and stopping immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries for 90 days. These countries include: Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.   Trump’s order took effect immediately, leaving many foreign nationals and green […]

On January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order relating to visa issuance, screening procedures, and refugees. The Executive Order is titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.” Key points of the order provide for: • A 120-day suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. • An indefinite ban […]

Berardi Immigration Law has had another successful month at the Peace Bridge. Each of our clients’ petitions was approved, and we presented several interesting cases to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Below we provide a brief summary of some of these cases in this month’s border recap: TN Reconsideration Our office regularly receives urgent phone […]

The Buffalo Law Journal recently interviewed Berardi Immigration Law’s Managing Partner, Rosanna Berardi, regarding a hot topic in the immigration world: sanctuary cities. In the article, published on August 24, 2015, several Buffalo immigration attorneys discuss the negative and positive aspects of sanctuary cities and the toll they will have this political season. For those […]

On August 17, 2015, USCIS released long-awaited final guidance on the adjudication of the L-1B classification, which permits multinational companies to transfer employees who possess “specialized knowledge” from the companies’ foreign operations to their U.S. operations. Previously, there was little consistent guidance on the definition of “specialized knowledge” and how L-1B petitioners could actually demonstrate […]

With 1.1 million immigrants coming to the United States every year, it’s rare for people to no longer want to be U.S. citizens. However, in 2013 the number of people renouncing U.S. citizenship is at an all time high. According to The Wall Street Journal, 2,369 people have renounced citizenship this year. That number is […]