USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is extending the flexibilities it announced on March 30, 2020, granting applicants an additional 60 days beyond the due date to
Read More »July 2021 Visa Bulletin Released
The U.S. Department of State released the July 2021 Visa Bulletin on June 16, 2021. Overall, EB-2 and EB-3 for China and India showed at least four (4) months of progress
Read More »USCIS Issues Policy to Further Provide Protections to Crime Victims
On Monday, June 14, USCIS updated the USCIS Policy Manual to introduce the Bona Fide Determination, a new process that will give crime victims access to employment
Read More »Biden Administration Releases its Spring Uniform Regulatory Agenda
On Friday, the Biden Administration released its Spring Uniform Regulatory Agenda. The agenda lays out a roadmap of the areas in which the administration plans to issue
Read More »Canada Prepares to Ease Border Restrictions
Canada Health Minister Patty Hajdu said the country would take a “phased approach towards adjusting current border measures.” Canada’s air and land borders
Read More »CDC Updates Guidance for US International Travelers
On Wednesday, June 10, the US Centers for Disease Control updated its COVID-19 related travel guidance. The prevailing guidance is to not travel internationally until fully
Read More »USCIS Issues Policy Manual Changes
On June 9, 2021, USCIS issued three policy alerts announcing updated guidance to the USCIS Policy Manual. All three updates are intended to streamline processing, reduce
Read More »In TPS Case, the Supreme Court Sides with the Government
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Jose Santos Sanchez et al. v. Alejandro Mayorkas et al, that individuals granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) who originally
Read More »USCIS Reaches Cap for H-2B Supplement
As previously reported, on May 25, DHS and DOL published a temporary final rule requiring USCIS to increase the additional H-2B nonimmigrant visa cap by up to 22,000 through
Read More »Representatives Lofgren and Curtis Introduced the EAGLE Act of 2021
On Wednesday, June 2, Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and John Curtis (R-UT) introduced H.R. 3648, the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act of
Read More »State Department Issues New Guidance on National Interest Exceptions
On Thursday, May 27, Secretary of State Antony Blinken provided new guidance on eligibility for National Interest Exceptions (NIE’s), related to the ongoing regional
Read More »DHS Formally Ends the “Remain in Mexico” Asylum Policy
In a memo to Department of Homeland Security agency leaders, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas formally ended the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
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