Business Immigration Insights

This blog post discusses potential changes to immigration law under the second Trump administration. 

Recent court decision continues trend of US making significant improvements in allowing the accompanying spouses of foreign workers to lawfully work in the United States.

The Department of State has revised its guidelines instructing consular officers with a new standard to apply in determining whether the United States has a public interest in granting waiver relief to certain nonimmigrant visa applicants.

For the second time in the past ten years, the Supreme Court has upheld the doctrine of consular non-reviewability of visa decisions and denied relief to the U.S. citizen spouse seeking to challenge the denial of a visa to a spouse. 

Please join Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Immigration Team in a discussion of options for addressing common immigration challenges businesses face in 2024. This session will include potential visa options for employees, tips regarding consular interviews, and best practices for existing immigration programs. 

Congratulations to HuntonAK’s Labor and Employment, Immigration, and OSHA Practices, along with our 13 attorneys for their Chambers USA 2024 rankings!

We are pleased to announce that the Labor and Employment team at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has been recognized as practice leaders in Immigration and Labor and Employment by the 2023 Legal 500 US Guide. Thirteen individual lawyers on HuntonAK’s Labor and Employment and Immigration Team also were acknowledged.

Congratulations to HuntonAK’s Labor and Employment, Immigration, and OSHA practices, along with thirteen attorneys for their Chambers USA 2023 rankings!

The team was recognized in the following areas:

• Immigration – District of Columbia – Band 3
• Labor & Employment – California – Highly Recommended – Band 2
• Labor & Employment – District of Columbia – Band 4
• Labor & Employment – Texas – Band 4
• Labor & Employment – Virginia – Band 1
• OSHA – Nationwide – Band 3

Individual recognitions were received by:

• Ian Band (Immigration DC)
• Emily Burkhardt Vicente (L&E ...

HuntonAK Immigration Senior Attorney Shaena Rowland was recently named as a 2023 Immigration Law Trailblazers by The National Law Journal.