Immigration

USCIS has begun implementing a streamlined process for Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, to provide Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) more efficiently to eligible refugees after they are admitted into the United States. This streamlined process shortens the wait time for an EAD to approximately 30 days instead of several months. All individuals admitted into the United States […]

On February 14, 2024, President Biden announced an 18-month Program of deferred enforced departure (DED) for Palestinians in the United States. This alert describes the content of the executive order. Eligible persons may apply for employment and travel authorization under the program when a notice is published in the Federal Register. Read Full Article.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees for the first time since 2016. The final rule will allow USCIS to recover a greater share of its operating costs and support more timely processing of new applications. The final rule is the result of […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced an update to its Policy Manual providing that USCIS, in our discretion and under certain conditions, may excuse a nonimmigrant’s failure to timely file an extension of stay or change of status request if the delay was due to extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of the applicant or petitioner. The update clarifies […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today issued policy guidance on how we analyze an employer’s ability to pay the proffered wage for immigrant petitions in certain first, second, and third preference employment-based immigrant visa classifications, including instances when the sponsored worker is changing employers. Generally, employers seeking to classify prospective or current employees under the first-, second-, […]

چه کسی را می‌توانم اسپانسر کنم؟ گروهی متشکل از پنج نفر‌ از شهروندان آمریکا‌ یا افراد دارای اقامت دایم می‌توانند در یک زمان یک فرد یا یک خانواده پناهنده را اسپانسر کنند. در حال حاضر، شما می‌توانید فقط یک درخواست ارائه کنید. در صورت قبولی درخواست نخست، پس از ورود پناهندگان به ایالات متحده، باید […]

The U.S. Government is committed to helping U.S. citizens and Afghans in the United States reunite with their family members who remain in Afghanistan. This page describes your different immigration options for reuniting with your family. Your options are based on your citizenship, your immigration status, and how you entered the United States. Your first […]

A limited number of H-1B specialty occupation workers will be able to renew their visas in the US as soon as January, State Department officials announced. The stateside visa renewal pilot program is one of multiple measures the State Department is looking to add or continue with the aim of driving down wait times for […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to affirm that a sole proprietorship may not file an L-1, intracompany transferee petition on behalf of its owner and to clarify that a petitioning organization that fails to timely file an extension of an approved blanket L-1 petition is not required to wait before submitting a new blanket petition.  Policy Highlights  […]