Mar 22, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus
We expected that the effects of the coronavirus pandemic would likely increase USCIS processing times, and we have our first glimpse of that today. USCIS has announced that, effective today, March 20, it will not accept any new requests for premium processing for any...
Mar 22, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus
Government and public health authorities have called on society to implement emergency measures to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Businesses have risen to meet this challenge, often in the face of mounting costs and reduced profits. A recent poll of small business...
Mar 19, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus
The COVID-19 epidemic has had a profound impact on both the public and private sectors, with businesses and organizations of all kinds suspending services for the protection of their own workers and that of the general public health. With schools across the country...
Mar 19, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus
As COVID-19 continues to sweep the globe, U.S. businesses have responded to the call for employer-backed preventive measures by implementing or expanding their telework programs, inducting more or all of their employees into the remote workforce. For employers...
Mar 19, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus, Newsletter
As most of us know by now, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared pandemic status for the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19. This means that the epidemic’s geographic reach is global. The spread of the virus could be mitigated or...
Mar 18, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus
As of March 16th, nearly 300 U.S. universities have made plans to replace in-person classes with remote instruction amidst mounting public health concerns. These closures will affect hundreds of thousands of students nationwide, perhaps none so much as F-1 student...
