South America: Immigration

As previously reported on Greenberg Traurig’s Inside Business Immigration blog, the Department of State (DOS) established a temporary Paid Expedite pilot program allowing certain B-1/B-2 visa applicants to pay an additional fee for expedited visa interview scheduling.

Tener un Plan B no es huir de tu país. Es tener opciones. En este #MinutoLegal, te explicamos cómo obtener la Residencia Permanente en Panamá invirtiendo en bienes raíces, sin tener que mudarte full-time.

Foreign nationals entering Mexico with a residence visa must complete an exchange procedure within 30 days to obtain their official Temporary or Permanent Resident Card from the National Migration Institute. This critical administrative process involves biometric data collection, documentation review, and strict compliance with immigration regulations to maintain legal status in the country.

ICE has dramatically expanded the definition of substantive I-9 violations, reclassifying dozens of previously correctable errors into penalty-triggering offenses with fines ranging from $288 to $2,861 per form. What were once routine omissions that could be fixed during an inspection now carry significant financial consequences, fundamentally reshaping employer compliance obligations and enforcement risk in the current regulatory climate.

As previously reported on Greenberg Traurig’s Inside Business Immigration blog, the Department of State (DOS) established a temporary Paid Expedite pilot program allowing certain B-1/B-2 visa applicants to pay an additional fee for expedited visa interview scheduling.

The US Department of State (DOS) has issued a temporary final rule implementing a new $750 expedited appointment fee that would allow certain B-1/B-2 nonimmigrant visa applicants to secure a visa appointment within 10 business days.