Additional screening at ports of entry will cause significant delay
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2026 Additional screening requirements on all travelers at all ports of entry – land, sea and air – will cause significant delays in entry to the […]
US District Court certifies class – requires bond hearing for detained immigrants
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2025 US District Judge Sunshine Sykes of the United States District Court for the Central District of California issued a final judgment on December 18, 2025, […]
USCIS Photo Update
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2025 The USCIS has issued new guidance regarding photographs. Under the new guidance, if the USCIS has photographs that were taken less than three years ago […]
𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 – 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2025 Please DO leave home without it. A quick analysis of the “Trump Gold Card” With Centurion Trump featured gloweringly front and center, Lady Liberty and […]
Visa applications in India seriously delayed
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2025 If anyone is thinking of travelling to India now to get their H-1B or other work visa stamped to be able to return to the […]
The 100-grand* question. Are you affected?
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2025 Here’s another episode in the ongoing saga of the H-1b hundred-thousand-dollar proclamation. Like Jason Voorhees of “Friday the 13th” infamy, this is a horror story […]
The $100,000 question: to pay or not?
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2025 The presidential proclamation of September 19, 2025, which sent a lot of H-1b employers and H-1b beneficiaries into a tizzy, seems to be resolved, at […]
2025 Naturalization Civics Test
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2025 On Wednesday, September 17, 2025, USCIS announced a new 2025 Naturalization Civics test. This new test will be very similar to the 2020 Naturalization Civics […]