USCIS, July 22, 2021 - Immigrant Investors and Investment of Loan Proceeds "Noncitizens may seek an immigrant visa based on their investment in a new commercial enterprise in the United States if they meet certain related minimum investment and... Read More
NILA, NWIRP, July 20, 2021 "Today, a federal district court judge in Oakland, California, approved a final settlement in the case of Vangala v. USCIS , providing relief to over sixty thousand applicants for humanitarian immigration benefits. The... Read More
USCIS, July 20, 2021 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced new policy guidance that eliminates the need for individuals who have applied for a change of status (COS) to F-1 student to apply to change or extend their nonimmigrant... Read More
USCIS, July 15, 2021 "This technical update explains that on June 22, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in Behring Regional Center LLC v. Wolf , 20-cv-09263-JSC, vacated the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization... Read More
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/16/2021 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces the reopening of the public comment period for the Interim Final Rule titled, Classification for Victims of Severe... Read More
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, July 6, 2021 "In October 2020, USCIS’ decision to apply the Filing Dates, rather than the Final Action Dates, to employment-based I-485 adjustment of status applications, together with advancement in the Filing... Read More
USCIS, June 30, 2021 "Statutory authorization related to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program will expire at midnight on June 30, 2021, unless Congress reauthorizes it. A lapse in authorization does not affect EB-5 petitions filed... Read More
USCIS, June 17, 2021 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that it is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding eligibility for adjustment of status under Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF). The updated... Read More
DHS, DOS, June 15, 2021 - Joint Statement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of State on the Expansion of Access to the Central American Minors Program "The following joint statement was released by Secretary Alejandro... Read More
USCIS, June 14, 2021 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is publishing guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on employment authorization and deferred action for principal petitioners for U nonimmigrant status and qualifying family... Read More
USCIS, June 10, 2021 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will offer filing flexibilities to provide relief to certain applicants and petitioners impacted by delays at a USCIS lockbox. These flexibilities only apply to benefit requests submitted... Read More
USCIS, June 9, 2021 " Expedited Processing Under the updated expedite criteria policy (PDF, 293.62 KB) , benefit requestors and USCIS officers are provided further guidance on when expedited processing may be warranted. Additionally, nonprofit... Read More
USCIS, June 3, 2021 "Under the recently announced H-2B supplemental cap temporary final rule, USCIS has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 16,000 H-2B visas made available for returning workers only. We continue to accept... Read More
USCIS, May 27, 2021 "Policy Highlights • Clarifies that USCIS will not penalize an applicant who unknowingly or unwilfully registers to vote. • Clarifies that USCIS does not consider an applicant to have unlawfully registered to vote... Read More
USCIS, May 25, 2021 "Policy Highlights • Specifies that applicants engaged outside the United States in a qualifying religious vocation provided under INA 317 must file an Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes (Form... Read More