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The US State Department is being sued for failing to process US visa applications for thousands of nationals from six Muslim-majority nations, who won the green card lottery, prior to President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban being reinstated.
Following the latest Tier 2 visa allocation meeting, the number of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) available for August 2017 stands at 2,151, according to UK Visas and Immigration data. The department published its July report citing that its figures were correct as of 20 July, 2017.
Last month the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) spoke out against the Trump administration denying permanent Immigrant Visas, known as Green Cards, to US Green Card Lottery winners from Iran and Yemen. For the lucky few this avoids the often lengthy and bureaucratic process required to obtain employment based immigrant visas such as the EB1 and EB2 immigrant visas.
India is concerned with the Trump administration on questions relating to L1 visa and H1B visa reforms, an Indian minister said recently.
A recent survey by the European Tourism Association (ETOA) has found that 85% of tourism companies find the Tier 2 visa application process 'difficult to impossible'.
People often migrate to the UK using a Tier 2 visa for skilled workers, allowing them to work for a Tier 2 Sponsorship License holding UK employer. However, the system is complex, which is why thousands of people have asked for Workpermit.com's help in their Tier 2 applications.
Entrepreneurs hoping to start new businesses in the US have spoken out against the Trump administration's moves to delay and possibly abandon a new US visa startup program.
Due to start on July 17, the International Entrepreneur Visa Rule was spearheaded under President Obama and was designed to allow international entrepreneurs to secure funding from government grants and venture capital funding to run businesses in the US.