DHS to Make Additional H-2B Visas Available for FY22
The Department of Homeland Security announced a joint temporary final rule which will make 35,000 additional H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas available for FY
Read More »E-Verify Records to be Disposed in May 2022
On May 6, 2022, USCIS will dispose of E‑Verify records more than 10 years old, dated on or before Dec. 31, 2011. E-Verify employers have until May 5, 2022, to download case
Read More »The CDC Terminates Title 42 Public Health Order
On Friday, April 1, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced it would terminate an Order under 42 U.S.C. §§ 265, 268, and 42 C.F.R. § 71.40 (i.e., “Title
Read More »USCIS Expands Credit Card Payment Pilot
USCIS service centers are now accepting credit card payments using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions, for all forms. This is part of USCIS’s
Read More »USCIS Completes H-1B Electronic Registration Process
On Tuesday, March 29, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it had completed the random selection for the H-1B FY 2023 cap, and notified all prospective
Read More »USCIS Acts to Reduce Backlogs, Expand Premium Processing, and Support Work-Permit Holders
USCIS announced new efforts to reduce the case backlog, expand premium processing, and improve the employment authorization access timeline. These efforts are meant to
Read More »Ukrainians Fleeing in War Face Difficult Path to U.S.
The legal landscape for Ukrainian citizens trying to immigrate to the U.S. is complicated, says former State Department consular officer Aaron Karnell, now an attorney with
Read More »USCIS Will Begin Processing Work Permits and Advance Parole Separately
USCIS will “decouple” the EAD from the Advance Parole document to reduce the significant backlog in processing Employment Authorization Documents. The backlog in EAD
Read More »DHS Ends COVID‑19 Temporary Policy for Expired List B Identity Documents
The DHS will end the COVID-19 Temporary Policy for List B Identity Documents, which allows employers to accept expired List B documents. Instead, from May 1, 2022, employers
Read More »April 2022 Visa Bulletin Released
Highlights EB-1 remains current for all countries. Final Action Dates: EB-2 China remains unchanged with a cut-off date of March 1, 2019, and EB-3 China remains unchanged
Read More »DHS Announces TPS Designation for Afghanistan
On Wednesday, March 16, the Department of Homeland Security announced the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan for 18 months. The TPS designation
Read More »USCIS to Continue Providing Interpreters through 2023
USCIS announced that it would extend the temporary final rule (TFR) that requires certain asylum applicants to use their contract telephonic interpreters instead of bringing
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