Chin & Curtis News and Events
“The top three immigration issues impacting workforce strategy,” Phil Curtis in CEOWORLD
Managing Partner Phil Curtis authored an article, "The top three immigration issues impacting workforce strategy," for CEOWORLD.
With the business toll from the pandemic continuing to mount, CEOs have shifted strategies to meet the new market. In some cases,...
Pursuing exceptions to travel restrictions – and winning
Since President Trump declared that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted a national emergency in March, restricting immigration has been one of the administration’s preferred tools to address the outbreak. One of the first steps President Trump took was to issue a...
Stimulus Checks – Qualifications & Inadmissibility Concerns
Over the past few months, the Trump administration has sent out checks to individuals below a certain income level in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the IRS, only U.S. citizens and U.S. legal permanent residents are...
CCIU Newsletter (August 2020 | 143)
USCIS Suddenly Begins Selecting New H-1B Lottery Winners
There were apparently not enough cap H-1B filings so USCIS is selecting additional H-1B lottery winners from...
Chin & Curtis, LLP moves Boston office to new location
Boston, MA (August 23, 2020) – Chin & Curtis, LLP, Boston’s largest independent immigration law firm, today announced it has moved offices to 100 High Street in Boston.
The new office maintains Chin & Curtis’ downtown Boston presence and increases...
“Attraction and Retention of Foreign Students in a Tumultuous U.S. Immigration Climate,” Christina Elder & Phil Curtis in University Business
Senior attorney Christina Elder and managing partner Phil Curtis co-authored an article, "Attraction and retention of foreign students in a tumultuous U.S. immigration climate," for University Business.
According to the Institute of International Education, approximately 1.1 million international students studied...
You Have the Right to Protest – Here’s How to Do It Safely
In a recent blog post, we discussed the risks noncitizens may face when exercising their right to participate in protests, but freedom of speech is so important that we wanted to provide additional information on things...
Amanda Brown & Leslie Ditrani Speak at MIRA Virtual Gala, Give Liberty a Hand
Chin & Curtis partners Amanda Brown, who serves on MIRA's board of directors, and Leslie Ditrani, co-chair for the Gala Planning Committee, spoke at MIRA's biggest fundraiser of the year, Give Liberty a Hand. The annual Gala, virtualized for the...
Backlog in naturalization oaths will prevent thousands from voting in November
Naturalizing as a U.S. citizen confers a multitude of benefits, but chief among these benefits for many people is the ability to vote in federal elections, including the U.S. presidential election. Unfortunately, with the 2020 election just a...
Biden vs. Trump: Two Starkly Different Visions for Immigration in America
Now that former Vice President Joe Biden is the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for President, it’s timely to take a closer look at the immigration platforms that voters will be choosing from when they cast their ballots for...
Immigration News
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Biden Took Eight Administrative Actions on Immigration. Here’s What You Need to Know.
January 23, 2021
On his first day in office, President Biden took significant steps towards undoing the harm of the Trump administration’s immigration policies—and reforming our punitive and inhumane enforcement system. In response to years of work by […]
Visa Bulletin
This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers for: “Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center.
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Immigration News
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Biden Took Eight Administrative Actions on Immigration. Here’s What You Need to Know.
January 23, 2021
On his first day in office, President Biden took significant steps towards undoing the harm of the Trump administration’s immigration policies—and reforming our punitive and inhumane enforcement system. In response to years of work by […]
VISA Bulletin
This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers for: “Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center.