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Daniel M. Kowalski
10 days ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Judge to Review Prince Harry's Immigration Papers
Daniel Bates, Daily Mail, March 8, 2024 "A judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to hand over sensitive material about Prince Harry’s immigration papers for him to review while he decides whether to make them public. Judge...
Daniel M. Kowalski
19 days ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Think Immigration: Add that to the Tab – Rising Costs to Tour the United States
Anthony Pawelski, Think Immigration, Feb. 27, 2024 "Touring as a musical artist in the United States and making a profit (or breaking even) is that much harder post-pandemic. Artists’ profits are drastically shrinking due to larger financial...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
USCIS to Launch Organizational Accounts, Enabling Online Collaboration and Submission of H-1B Registrations
USCIS, Jan. 12, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced the upcoming launch of a package of customer experience improvements for H-1B cap season. The measures are expected to increase efficiency and ease collaboration for...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Green Card Holder Denied Citizenship for Working in Legal Cannabis
Kaylee Tornay, Politico, Dec. 23, 2023 "As an immigrant, Maria Reimers tried to do everything by the book. She entered the U.S. legally, married an American citizen and secured a green card to work. Together, she and her husband managed to open...
Daniel M. Kowalski
6 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Did You Know...?
...that USCIS has an Electronic Reading Room ? "The USCIS Electronic Reading Room provides access to information identified under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). We will update the Electronic Reading Room when documents are requested 3 or...
Daniel M. Kowalski
6 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DHS Extends TPS Re-registration Periods for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan to 18 Months
USCIS, Sept. 8, 2023 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending from 60 days to 18 months the periods to re-register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the designations of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
7 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DHS Reopens USCIS Field Office in Havana, Cuba
DHS, Aug. 17, 2023 "Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), announced the reopening of an international field office in Havana, Cuba. The Havana office will assist...
Daniel M. Kowalski
8 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
CISOMB 2023 Report to Congress
CISOMB, June 30, 2023 "By statute, the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) submits an Annual Report to Congress by June 30 of each year. Our Annual Report must provide a summary of the most pervasive and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
8 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Experts: Compelling Circumstances EAD a Bandage, Not a Solution
Cyrus Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, June 19, 2023 "In our previous blog , we suggested several ways that the Biden administration could follow to allow nonimmigrant workers who have been laid off to remain in the U.S. As major tech companies continue to...
Daniel M. Kowalski
10 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
IRAP Shares Documents from FOIA
Training and Guidance Documents Related to Afghan Refugee, Asylum, SIV and Parole Processing - "Through the Freedom of Information Act and other litigation, IRAP has obtained thousands of pages of training and guidance documents from the Department...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Extension for Certain Ukrainians Paroled into the United States Following Russia’s Invasion
DHS, Mar. 10, 2023 "Certain Ukrainian nationals and immediate family members were paroled into the United States last year, on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons, during an approximate eight-week period after Russia’s unprovoked...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
National Interest Waiver Changes for STEM Graduates and Entrepreneurs, Along with Premium Processing, Will Benefit H-4 Spouses Seeking Work Authorization
Cyrus Mehta, Jessica Paszko*, Feb. 13, 2023 "Earlier this year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that as of January 30, 2023, it would accept premium processing requests for all previously filed and newly filed petitions...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: Proposed USCIS Fee Hike Could Trigger Litigation
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, Jan. 3, 2023 "The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed increasing application fees for employment-based visas and other immigration programs, in part to fund the adjudication of soaring numbers of asylum claims...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Process for Venezuelans (USCIS, Oct. 18, 2022)
USCIS, Oct. 18, 2022 "On Oct. 12, 2022, the United States announced a new process that allows Venezuelan nationals and their immediate family members to come to the United States. This provides a safe and orderly way for nationals of Venezuela...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
The Budgetary and Economic Tradeoffs of Reducing the Immigration Backlog
Gordon Gray, American Action Forum, Sept. 29, 2022 "There are about 8.6 million immigration benefit applications pending before United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, of which 5.2 million are considered part of the agency’s backlog...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: "Decimated" USCIS Will Struggle to Process Work Permit Applications for Asylum Seekers
Chris Sommerfeldt and Tim Balk, New York Daily News, Sep 14, 2022 NYC asks feds to fast-track work papers for migrants amid busing crisis - "Mayor Adams and members of the City Council have begun to aggressively pressure the federal government...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DHS OIG Report: USCIS Should Improve Controls to Restrict Unauthorized Access to Its Systems and Information
DHS OIG, Sept. 7, 2022 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) did not apply the information technology (IT) access controls needed to restrict unnecessary access to its systems, networks, and information. USCIS did not consistently...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DHS Announces Re-Registration Process for Current Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Beneficiaries
USCIS, Sept. 7, 2022 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted for public inspection a Federal Register notice describing how beneficiaries under Venezuela’s existing TPS designation can re-register to retain TPS and renew their Employment...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
USCIS Resumes Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program Operations
USCIS, Sept. 1, 2022 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is resuming operations under the Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) program, beginning with pending CFRP program applications. USCIS has begun to mail interview notices...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
IRAP Shares an Extensive Collection of Refugee Processing Documents Obtained Through FOIA
IRAP, Aug. 2022 "Through the Freedom of Information Act, IRAP has obtained an extensive collection of documents related to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program . Together, these documents shine a light on the generally opaque U.S. refugee processing...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
CISOMB Issues 2022 Report to Congress
CISOMB, June 30, 2022 "By statute, the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) submits an Annual Report to Congress by June 30 of each year. Our Annual Report must provide a summary of the most pervasive and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
USCIS Denies Over 90% of Afghan Humanitarian Parole Requests
Camilo Montoya, CBS News, June 20, 2022 "Since July 2021, USCIS has received over 46,000 applications from Afghans hoping to come to the U.S. through the parole process. But most parole applications from Afghans remain unresolved — and over 90...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Asylum Work Permit Policies: Garcia Perez v. USCIS
NILA, NWIRP, June 9, 2022 "Today, five asylum applicants filed a national class action lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) challenging policies and practices that...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Lawsuit Challenges Naturalization Delays: Carter v. USCIS
American Immigration Council, May 25, 2022 " This lawsuit , filed on behalf of U.S. citizenship applicants whose naturalization petitions have been pending, challenges U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) unreasonable delay in processing...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
USCIS Contact Center is More a Source of Frustration than Assistance
Cyrus D. Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, and Jessica Paszko, Mar. 15, 2022 "The USCIS Contact Center purports to provide tools for checking case statuses online, correcting notices that contain mistakes or were never delivered, and connecting applicants...
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