Category : CBP

This post provides an overview of recent developments in Canada and the United States with respect to increases in enforcement, security measures, and nationalism. Canada The election of Donald J. Trump… Read More

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering a “Known Employer” pilot program to streamline adjudication of certain types of employment-based immigration benefit requests filed by eligible U.S. employers. DHS… Read More

The Departments of State and Homeland Security have launched the “Executive Action on Immigration: Know the Facts” awareness campaign, a national and international outreach effort detailing the eligibility requirements for… Read More

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is optimizing processing for first-time Canadian TN (Trade NAFTA) and L applicants seeking entry into the United States under the North American Free Trade… Read More

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) held a teleconference with Suzanne Shepherd, Director of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, on August 6,… Read More

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the launch of the first authorized “app” (mobile application) to expedite a traveler’s entry process into the United States. Mobile Passport Control (MPC)… Read More

The following are recent developments from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP): International travel improvements. CBP seeks comments by August 15, 2014, on proposed improvements in the entry process… Read More

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol webpage now provides access to arrival/departure date records for nonimmigrants without necessitating a Freedom of Information Act request. The user can input the person’s… Read More

U.S. Customs and Border Protection published a Federal Register notice on August 9, 2013, expanding eligibility for participation in Global Entry to citizens from the Republic of Korea, Germany, Qatar,… Read More

A U.S. District Court judge recently sentenced two Border Patrol agents, Raul Villareal and his brother Fidel, to 30 years in prison for smuggling hundreds of people from Mexico into… Read More