Business Immigration Insights

A US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) interim final rule implementing a new Annual Asylum Fee goes into effect on May 29, 2026, and carries serious consequences if the fee is not paid within 30 days of notification. 

In a closely watched asylum appeal, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has issued a decision that will adversely affect the ability of victims of domestic and gang violence to find protection in the United States.

Matter of A-B- was originally decided, in December 2016, in favor of the asylum seeker by the Board of Immigration Appeals.  The BIA is an administrative branch of the US Department of Justice.  It accepts appeals, filed by either government attorneys or immigrants, of decisions made by civil immigration courts throughout the country.

In late 2016, the BIA overturned the 2015 ...