Janice Flynn, Author at Flynn Hodkinson

19 Apr Trump Issues New Executive Order to Review the H-1B Visa

Posted at 08:54h in Business Visas

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order to review the H-1B visa entitled "Buy American and Hire American." The Order calls on US immigration agencies to review the H-1B visa category: "Sec.5 Ensuring the Integrity of the Immigration System in...

01 Aug Love and Marriage: Spouse-based Immigrant Visas at the US Embassy in London

Posted at 18:18h in Immigrant Visas, US Embassy In London

Update: Please note that this post was initially posted in 2016. In 2019 the USCIS London Field Office announced that it may be closing in early 2020 but we have not been advised of a specific date. Therefore, the process for US citizens who live...

22 Jul E-2 Treaty Investor Visas: What exactly is a substantial investment?

Posted at 15:08h in US Embassy In London

The E-2 Treaty Investor is a great visa to use for a broad range of clients. From large publicly traded corporations to an entrepreneur who is creating the next big thing. The E-2 visa is a way for the US government to attract new investment...

08 Feb H-1B Season: Top 10 Things for HR Managers to Know

Posted at 16:21h in Business Visas

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]It's the beginning of the 2017 H-1B Cap filing season! US employers who wish to have professional "specialty workers" obtain one of the golden 65,000 H-1B visas or 20,000 H-1B visas for those with a US master's degree...

28 Jan Visa Waiver Program Update

Posted at 17:25h in Uncategorized, Updates

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our practice does not normally involve giving advice to those travelling on the Visa Waiver Program ("VWP") because these cases are very basic and a lawyer's advice really isn't needed unless there is a complicating issue such as...

22 Jan Visa Waiver Program Update

Posted at 15:23h in US Visa, Visitor Visas

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]In December 2015 the US Congress passed the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 and yesterday the US Departments of Homeland Security and State issued implementation guidance effective immediately. Our office has already...

09 Dec House passed Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act

Posted at 11:50h in USCIS

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to restrict the Visa Waiver Program and could bar those with dual nationality or were born in Iraq, Iran, Syria and the Sudan. I have been working in the field of US immigration law since 1996 so I...

11 Nov I Media Visa for Representives of Foreign Media USCIS Policy Update

Posted at 17:46h in Updates, USCIS

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Yesterday, 10th November 2015, the US Citizenship & Immigration Services issued a policy memorandum regarding the update of the Adjudicators Field Manual clarifying the distinction between news and entertainment for the purpose of adjudicating the I Media Visa...

31 Oct Report from Dilley

Posted at 11:07h in Uncategorized

This is the first instalment of a blog that a fellow US immigration lawyer, B. John Ovink, wrote about his time volunteering at the Dilley Detention Center which has been in the news recently for the conditions in which immigrant children and mothers are being held there....

26 Jan H-1B Visa Filing Season & Congressional Update

Posted at 10:31h in Business Visas

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] H-1B Professional Worker Update Today's post is about the H-1B Professional "Specialty" Worker visa updates and the H-1B "filing season". This temporary visa category is used by US businesses to bring foreign nationals to work in positions that require...

Author: Janice Flynn