IMMIGRATION NEWS
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The United States has sharply reduced eligibility for its visa interview waiver programme, effective 2 September 2025, requiring most non-immigrant visa applicants to attend in-person interviews.
The policy change ends pandemic-era provisions that allowed certain applicants, including H-1B…
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The UK government has begun directly contacting international students and their dependants whose visas are close to expiring, warning them to leave the country or apply for a new visa or face removal.
The Home Office is sending personalised emails and text messages to around 130,000 individuals,…
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The United States has stopped issuing EB-2 employment-based immigrant visas for the remainder of the 2025 fiscal year after reaching the annual limit set by law.
According to a joint statement from the US Department of State and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), all EB-2 visas…
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The Trump administration has authorised the deployment of up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges, in an effort to speed up deportation proceedings across the United States.
Internal documents reviewed by the Associated Press indicate that the Pentagon will send groups…
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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reinstated neighbourhood investigations for lawful permanent residents applying for naturalisation, ending a longstanding waiver that had been in place for more than 30 years.
According to a policy memorandum dated 22 August 2025,…
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From 2 September 2025, the United States will require most non-immigrant visa applicants to attend in-person interviews at its embassies and consulates, significantly reducing eligibility for interview waivers.
The updated guidance, issued by the US Department of State, limits the Interview Waiver…
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The US Department of State will require most nonimmigrant visa applicants to attend in-person interviews starting 2 September 2025, ending many of the pandemic-era exemptions for interview waivers.
The new rules remove previous exemptions for children under 14 and seniors over 79, requiring them to…
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The United States government has announced significant increases and new charges to immigration and entry fees, effective from 30 September 2025.
The fee for the CBP Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Record, used to document a foreign national’s admission to the United States, will rise from $6 to $30.…
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The Trump administration has introduced new federal housing rules that require all recipients of government-subsidised housing to verify their legal immigration status, placing thousands of undocumented migrants at risk of losing access to assistance.
The directive, issued by the Department of…
