
Barbara has advised clients on corporate and business immigration matters for 30 years and has served as counsel for domestic and international Fortune 500 companies in all aspects of employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visas.
Before focusing on immigration law, Barbara served as assistant district attorney in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Education
- Boston College (JD)
- Wheaton College (BA)
Viewpoints
District Court Sets Aside DOL and DHS H-1B Regulations
December 3, 2020 | Alert | By Barbara Chin, John Quill
ICE Extends I-9 Compliance Flexibility to August 19, 2020
July 22, 2020 | Blog | By Barbara Chin
Recent Executive Order Revoking Hong Kong’s “Special Status” and Its Impact on Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visas
July 20, 2020 | Alert | By Barbara Chin
This Mintz immigration alert examines President Trump’s July 14 Executive Order and what it means for individuals holding Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region) passports.
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Update: United States and Canada Agree to Restrict Non-Essential Travel Across Shared Border for an Additional 30 Days
July 20, 2020 | Blog | By Barbara Chin
USCIS Announces Extended Deadlines for Petitioners/Applicants to Respond to RFEs and NOIDs
March 27, 2020 | Blog | By Barbara Chin
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the numerous travel bans and “shelter in place” orders which have been recently announced, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will extend certain filing deadlines by 60 days.
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Increased Challenges for the H-1B
November 25, 2019 | Blog | By Barbara Chin
Anyone who works in legal or HR and handles work authorizations for their employees will agree that hiring foreign nationals or international transfers has become much more difficult under the current administration and its interpretation of President Trump’s Hire America/Buy America (BAHA) Policy, which he issued by Executive Order in April 2017. The latest statistics issued by USCIS confirm the difficulty of processing H-1B Petitions over the past three years.
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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing Today for ALL H-1B Petitions
March 12, 2019 | Alert | By Barbara Chin
This alert covers the USCIS announcement that it is resuming Premium Processing on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 for all H-1B petitions.
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Retrogression of Employment Based First Preference Priority Date on August 1, 2018
July 16, 2018 | Alert | By Barbara Chin
According to the State Department August Visa Bulletin, the Employment Based First Preference Category (EB-1) Final Action Dates for “Priority Workers” will retrogress for the month of August 2018.
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Immigration Issues on Capitol Hill – Will Anything Get Done?
February 21, 2018 | Blog | By Barbara Chin
It appears that the Republican controlled Congress and the Trump Administration cannot get anything done on the contentious issues of immigration.
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Latest Supreme Court Decision on Travel Ban for Nationals of Iran, Sudan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia: Close Relatives are Now Exempt
July 24, 2017 | Blog | By Barbara Chin
This is a follow-up to the Supreme Court’s decision on June 26, 2017 which allowed the Trump Administration’s Travel Ban affecting nationals of six designated Muslim-majority countries to be partially implemented until its hearing on the merits in the fall.
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