A few general notes

A few general notes:

* Immigration processing of several types of applications has noticeably slowed in the past six months. In light of this, if you have an application pending with USCIS, keep in touch with immigration counsel to ensure that you understand the impact this could have for you and can plan accordingly.

* Summer is a busy travel season for foreign nationals in the US, as it is for everyone. Foreign nationals requiring a visa stamp in their passport in order to return to the US should be especially mindful of potential delays in obtaining visa appointments, and should plan well in advance of their departure.

* Importantly, US consulates in Canada, which normally entertain visa applications from nationals of all countries, have severely limited their visa appointments for non-Canadians this summer.

* There is unrest in many parts of the world at the moment and we strongly urge all of our clients to review any travel alerts or warnings issued by the US State Department prior to traveling.

* American Immigration Lawyers worldwide recently convened in late June in our beautiful city of Boston at our annual conference of AILA. It was a wonderful event full of topical and in depth analysis of US Immigration law. We were proud to have our city host and to have been able to join and learn from each other.

* We hope everyone had a joyous Fourth of July and was able to take time to celebrate the independence of our great nation with family and friends.

Have a wonderful summer.