US Immigration News

The UK government has published an official statement of changes to UK immigration rules. The majority of changes have been made to the UK Work Visa and Study Visa routes and include:

 

The opening of the new graduate route on 1 July, 2021

The expansion of the Shortage Occupation List (SOL)

The streamlining of Global Talent Visa access for winners of specific awards

The legality of Trump’s controversial US immigration public charge rule will not be reviewed by the Supreme Court it has emerged. Last month, Workpermit.com revealed that the Supreme Court was set to review the rule that blocks thousands of immigrants from applying for legal permanent residency in the US if they rely on state benefits.

 

US President Joe Biden has been blasted for seemingly ‘locking the door’ on thousands of US visa applicants who were denied US entry under the Trump-era Muslim ban. Biden partially rescinded the order recently and invited those previously turned away to reapply. However, by rescinding the ban, thousands selected to receive diversity visas were excluded.

 

The US Department of State (DoS) has announced that US visa applicants, whose applications were refused under Trump’s Muslim travel ban, can reapply. The former President’s ban affected 13 mostly Muslim-majority nations. The ban was overturned by Biden on his first day in office on January 20, with the President describing it as ‘a stain on our national conscience.’

 

In a recent federal court filing, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stated that it is ‘transitioning family detention centers to short-term facilities that will release families within 72 hours. The news comes after reports of unaccompanied children being detained at the US-Mexico border for more than 72 hours – longer than US law allows.

 

Alejandro Mayorkas, the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, led an entourage of Biden officials to the US-Mexico border recently to assess an increase in the number of border crossings, with Republicans warning that ‘a crisis is brewing’. Biden has sought to undo many of Donald Trump’s controversial US immigration policies.