posted on: December 21, 2021
Collaboration between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has led to increased surveillance of Arab and Muslim immigrants, particularly at our borders. This is not necessarily tied to whether someone is considered a potential national security threat—but whether a person exercises their right to decline to act as […]
posted on: December 17, 2021
USCIS is temporarily waiving the requirement that a civil surgeon sign Form I-693, no more than 60 days before an applicant filed an application for the underlying immigration benefit. The rule will be waived until September 30, 2022. The temporary waiver will help applicants who have been affected by COVID-19 and related processing delays. Many applicants will […]
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USCIS is revoking a November 2020 policy memorandum requiring interviews of all petitioners filing Form I-730 Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition. USCIS will revert to its prior practice of making case-by-case determinations on whether to interview Form 1-730 petitioners. The policy memorandum requiring in-person interviews imposed significant burdens on refugee and asylee populations. USCIS can still perform efficient fraud […]
posted on: December 3, 2021
There has been a dramatic backlog in green card interviews. In October, it was reported that there were 468,891 pending interviews which minimally decreased by November, with 461,125 pending interviews remaining. The U.S. Department of State has yet to significantly increase its number of monthly interviews. Wait times have surged since the coronavirus pandemic in March […]
