Navigating Travel and Entry in a Climate of Rapid Change
Even in today’s globalized world, international travel and migration have never felt more complicated. Clients increasingly are turning to immigration lawyers to direct and reassure them on routine personal and business travel, application strategy, admissibility determinations, and admission procedures/practices. The rapid pace of new rules and policy changes can make it difficult to keep up and provide definitive advice. Panelists will discuss how experts have been dealing with the various issues companies and their employees currently must navigate while doing business in the United States.
Featured Topics
- Preparing clients for interacting with U.S. immigration officials at ports of entry (POEs)
- When preflight inspection is a better option
- Rights at the border, deferred inspection, and digital device practices
- Identifying and correcting I-94 admission errors in a timely manner
- Travel risks while other applications are pending
- Visa bans and pauses by nationality
- Engaging the government directly on problematic cases
AILA Membership Benefit – Access to Free Seminar Recordings (CLE Credit Available for $35)
Enjoy access to free seminar recordings as an AILA Member. AILA encourages live attendance for those wishing to ask the speaker questions. CLE credit is included with purchase for live participants.
Recordings will be available approximately two weeks after the live event date. AILA members can access these seminars, with no CLE credit, for free. Recordings are CLE eligible in most jurisdictions and a $35 administration fee is required to obtain CLE credit.
Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a web seminar recording.
| Product Details | |
| Event Date | August 13, 2026 |
| Format | Web Seminar |
| Length | 90 minutes |
| CLE Eligible | Yes. Live attendance must be recorded in My CLE by Thursday, August 20, 2026. This deadline does not apply to the OnDemand format. |
| Digital Library | Digital goods (MP3, PDF, ZIP, etc.) are available for download for two years after purchase. |
Eligible participants can receive up to 1.8 CLE credit hours. AILA will administer CLE credit only to individuals who register and log into the web seminar. AILA cannot verify your attendance and participation in this program unless you register directly for the web seminar and use your name to log in to participate in the program. Therefore, persons who log in or listen in on the web seminar as part of a group will not be able to obtain CLE credit.
Please note that your jurisdiction may limit the amount of distance learning credit you can earn. To view details on your jurisdiction's credit restrictions and CLE requirements, visit the CLE Center.
AILA has filed for CLE and specialized credit in all jurisdictions with mandatory CLE requirements. For details about specific approvals, contact us at cle@aila.org.
- AILA applies for accreditation upon attorneys’ request after participation for the following states: AR, DE, IA, ID, KS, KY, LA, ME, MN, MS, OR, TN and WY. Programs are typically approved.
- Florida and Rhode Island - Attorneys must apply on their own for approval of seminars in FL and RI. Programs are typically approved.
- The OnDemand Recording format does not qualify for CLE credit in the following jurisdictions: MO and PR. Please note that your jurisdiction may limit OnDemand credit based on the date of the original presentation. View the OnDemand Downloadable Expiration Chart for more details.
To receive CLE credit for the live event, attorneys must record web seminar attendance and the CLE code provided by August 20, 2026 via My CLE. CLE certificates will be available for download the day after the deadline reporting date.
Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a seminar recording.
Zabrina V. Reich (DL), AILA Board of Directors/CBP Liaison Committee Vice Chair, Buffalo, NY
Jeremy A. Weber, AILA USCIS Operations Committee Vice Chair, Melbourne, Australia
Assma Ali, Ridgeland, MS
*Tiffany Derentz, Washington, D.C.
