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
Read More »TSA Extends Public Transportation Mask Requirement Until April
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that TSA would extend the security directive for mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs for
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 »US Issues Level 4 “Do Not Travel” Warning for Vietnam and Hong Kong
In response to recent surges in COVID-19 infections in the country, the U.S. State Department has raised its travel advisory for Vietnam to level 4, indicating a “very
Read More »New Guidelines Allow LGBTQ Refugees and Asylees to Petition for Their Partners
USCIS has reversed a Trump-era policy that refused to recognize marriages that were not legal in their “place-of-celebration.” The policy had prevented most LGBTQ
Read More »DHS Announces TPS Designation for Ukraine
On Thursday, March 3, the Department of Homeland Security announced the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukraine for 18 months. The TPS designation is
Read More »USCIS Launches H-2A Data Hub
On Friday, February 25, 2022, the USCIS launched an H-2A Employer Data Hub to provide information to the public on employers or agents petitioning for H-2A workers. The H-2A
Read More »Biden Administration Restores Historical Understanding of ‘Public Charge’
On Thursday, February 17, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the public charge ground of inadmissibility. The
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