Non-essential travel between the US and Canada and between the US and Mexico respectively has been limited in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

Foreign nationals are barred from entering the United States if they have been physically present in one of the designated restricted countries within 14 days before their attempted entry.

Effective February 24 2020, USCIS will implement the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule nationwide. 

Iranian nationals will no longer be eligible to apply for US E-1 treaty trader and E-2 treaty investor visas.

Figures released by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) show final fiscal year statistics for 2019.

The United States Department of State recently made a number of significant changes to visa validity periods and application fees affecting Australian and French citizens.

Officials at US ports of entry have been authorized to conduct additional screening on individuals who present a known risk or individuals about whom more information is needed to make a determination of risk.

Containment efforts have increased in the US with enhanced screening for coronavirus in force in international airports across the country.

New powers are now in force allowing US officials to lawfully ask women travellers if they are pregnant and planning to give birth in the US.

2020 is set to bring wide-ranging changes in US immigration regulations as the Trump Administration moves ahead against a deadline of the Election.