Denver Immigration Lawyers https://cbrownlaw.com/ Immigration Lawyer serving Colorado employers and families site Sat, 20 Sep 2025 17:42:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Trump Slams H-1B Visa Holders with $100,000 Entrance Fee https://cbrownlaw.com/2025/09/20/uncategorized/trump-slams-h-1b-visa-holders-with-100000-entrance-fee/ Sat, 20 Sep 2025 17:42:00 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2593 On September 19, 2025, President Trump issued a proclamation via Executive Order, restricting the entry of anyone seeking to enter or reenter the U.S. in H-1B status without payment of a new $100,000 fee. The proclamation, titled Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers is effective date is 12:01 a.m. EDT Sunday, September 21, 2025, and... Read more »

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]]> Trump to Target Certain US Citizens to Strip US Citizenship https://cbrownlaw.com/2025/09/07/uncategorized/trump-to-target-certain-us-citizens-to-strip-us-citizenship/ Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:38:20 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2565 With Congress adding $170.7 billion to President Trump’s enforcement machine, the Administration is now attempting to strip Americans of their citizenship. The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) released this briefing in response to a June 11, 2025 memorandum from the Department of Justice (DOJ), which identified denaturalization as a top enforcement priority for its Civil Division but... Read more »

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]]> Business Plans for E Traders and E Investors to the US https://cbrownlaw.com/2025/01/26/business-immigration/e-2-investors-and-entrepreneurs/business-plans-for-e-traders-and-e-investors-to-the-us/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 04:44:03 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2559 Business plans are very effective for first-time applicants of an E-1 Treaty Trader Visa or an E-2 Treaty Investor Visa. The first reason to provide a business plan is that one of the criteria is to explain to the US Embassy that your new business is going to be successful and create income and/or jobs... Read more »

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]]> Biden Family Unity Program Begins https://cbrownlaw.com/2024/08/17/uncategorized/biden-family-unity-program-begins/ Sat, 17 Aug 2024 21:55:15 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2550 The Biden Administration’s new Family Unity Program begins Monday August 19, 2024, called Keeping Families Together. The official notice takes place Monday August 19th, but the Biden Administration has already provided filing guidelines on Friday August 16, 2024. Eligibility The program announced in June will allow undocumented spouses and stepchildren of US citizens to obtain... Read more »

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]]> Biden Admin. Allows for Parole in the US to Legalize Undocumented Immigrants https://cbrownlaw.com/2024/06/17/family-immigration/spouses-of-us-citizenslprs/biden-admin-allows-for-parole-in-the-us-to-legalize-undocumented-immigrants/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 05:33:37 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2536 The Biden Administration will announce tomorrow a program to allow undocumented immigrants married to US citizens to avoid the long and arduous process of getting a green card abroad with a waiver. They can file for parole status in the US – referred to as “parole in place.” If approved, it would give them parole... Read more »

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]]> TN Visa Delays in Mexico https://cbrownlaw.com/2024/06/12/business-immigration/tn-treaty-nafta-workers/tn-visa-delays-in-mexico/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:17:32 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2534 Update on TN Visa Delay in Mexico Obtaining a TN visa in Mexico has been streamlined over the past couple of years to only 3 US Consulates – Mexico City, Guadalahara, and Ciudad Juarez. Updates can be found on the Mission Mexico website page. As such, the processing times have been deteriorating, resulting now in... Read more »

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]]> Evidence to Prove My Relationship is Real or “Bona Fide” https://cbrownlaw.com/2024/06/11/family-immigration/bona-fide-evidence-to-prove-my-relationship/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 04:14:33 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2527 Introduction Are you trying to get your permanent residence or “green card” from USCIS based on marriage or an engagement to a US citizen? USCIS is very good about telling you what to file with your Adjustment of Status Application (Form I-485), but they are not very specific about what you can use to support... Read more »

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]]> Trump H-1B Rules Reversed Under Biden https://cbrownlaw.com/2021/01/20/uncategorized/trump-h-1b-rules-reversed-under-biden/ Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:29:08 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2371 On day one, President Biden reversed two H-1B rules recently issued by the Trump Administration that have stymied H-1B employers and employees. Trump H-1B Regulations – What Are They? The Trump Administration issued 2 new H-1B rules in the past few months. The first, “Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program,” narrowly amends a regulation... Read more »

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]]> Biden Prioritizes Immigration Reform https://cbrownlaw.com/2021/01/19/general-immigration/biden-prioritizes-immigration-reform/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 03:56:36 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2368 In a drastic change from the past several years, President-Elect Biden has announced that on Day 1, January 20, 2021, he will propose his immigration reform plan to Congress. According to the Washington Post, “the centerpiece of the plan from Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris is the eight-year pathway, which would put millions... Read more »

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]]> Federal Court Rules to Fully Re-Implement DACA https://cbrownlaw.com/2020/12/06/deferred-action-2/federal-court-rules-to-fully-re-implement-daca/ Sun, 06 Dec 2020 16:43:03 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2362 Good news for DACA advocates this week! A federal judge in New York ruled that the Trump Administration should re-install the program as established under the Obama Administration in 2012 to its “full” capacity. What Happened Since 2017, the Trump Administration has attacked the DACA program as unconstitutional. However, after several court fights, the Supreme... Read more »

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]]> Lost My H-1B Job? What are My Rights and Options? https://cbrownlaw.com/2020/04/17/business-immigration/h-1b-professional-workers/lost-my-h-1b-job-what-are-my-rights-and-options/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 22:48:09 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2258 During the COVID-19 pandemic, I received several questions from H-1B workers who are losing their jobs. The H-1B non-immigrant work visa allows foreign workers to temporarily work in the U.S. in specialty fields such as IT, architecture, engineering, mathematics, science, and medicine. While many advantages to H-1B status, one drawback is that your rights to... Read more »

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]]> I Am In H Status and Am Terminated, Furloughed, or Wage Reduced: H-1B and H-2B Life after Covid-19 https://cbrownlaw.com/2020/04/04/business-immigration/h-1b-professional-workers/i-am-in-h-status-and-am-terminated-furloughed-or-wage-reduced-h-1b-and-h-2b-life-after-covid-19/ Sun, 05 Apr 2020 02:14:36 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2247 Covid-19 has turned the US labor market into a bloodbath – but it’s even worse for those foreign persons who work here temporarily on visas like the H-1B (professional) or H-2B (seasonal workers). First, try to get the employer to give the H worker time to change into a different status before the effective termination... Read more »

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]]> Drastic Change in application of Public Charge Rule effective February 24, 2020 https://cbrownlaw.com/2020/03/19/family-immigration/drastic-change-in-application-of-public-charge-rule-effective-february-24-2020/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 02:31:15 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2242 In B.C. (Before Coronovirus), USCIS and the US Department of State were permitted after litigation favored the Trump Administration in January 2020, to proceed with their much expanded application of the “public charge” rule. The new rules take effect for both agencies on February 24, 2020. The essence of the rule has remained the same... Read more »

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]]> Recap of Southern Border Crisis This Summer https://cbrownlaw.com/2019/08/24/asylum/recap-of-southern-border-crisis-this-summer/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 19:19:53 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2237 The southern border of the United States has long been a point of entry for people migrating from or through Mexico into the States. Due to a surge of undocumented Central Americans seeking asylum in the States at the southern border, a crisis at the border was declared by the Obama Administration in 2014. The... Read more »

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]]> Recap of H-1B Season 2019-20 https://cbrownlaw.com/2019/08/24/business-immigration/h-1b-professional-workers/recap-of-h-1b-season-2019-20/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 17:46:33 +0000 https://cbrownlaw.com/?p=2234 On August 15, 2019, United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) formally announced the return of all rejected H-1B cases who lost in the H-1B lottery this fiscal year. The lottery was completed on 11th April 2019. Here’s a quick recap of the H-1B Season 2019-20: More petitions were filed 201,011 foreign nationals put in... Read more »

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