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Daniel M. Kowalski
2 days ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Progress in Class Action Suit for Ukrainian Parolees Denied Work Authorization
IMMpact Litigation, Apr. 25, 2024 "IMMpact Litigation, seeking redress for over 100,000 Ukrainian nationals paroled into the United States post-February 2022, today announces a significant advancement in their ongoing class action lawsuit against...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 days ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Legal Challenge Prompts USCIS to Release Key Immigration Manuals to the Public
NILA, Apr. 24, 2024 "The National Immigration Litigation Alliance (NILA) and Innovation Law Lab are thrilled to announce that, in response to the lawsuit we filed against the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), USCIS has...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 days ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS to Open International Field Offices in Qatar and Turkey
USCIS, Apr. 23, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the upcoming opening of international field offices in Doha, Qatar, and Ankara, Turkey, to increase capacity for refugee processing, strengthen strategic partnerships...
Daniel M. Kowalski
18 days ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Adopts DOL Definition of "Science or Art" for Sched. A, Group II Cases
USCIS, Apr. 10, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing policy guidance (PDF, 321.14 KB) in the USCIS Policy Manual to add the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) definition of “science or art” for Schedule A, Group II...
Daniel M. Kowalski
21 days ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
APA Victory in Chicago: Bristow v. Mayorkas
Bristow v. Mayorkas "Plaintiff Mark Bristow, a United States citizen, has filed a Form I-130 petition for an immigrant visa on behalf of his husband, Plaintiff Felixberto Tinga Villamil II. Form I-130 is intended to help relatives and spouses of...
Daniel M. Kowalski
24 days ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Increases Automatic Extension of Certain Employment Authorization Documents to Improve Access to Work Permits
USCIS, Apr. 4, 2024 "Building on extensive modernization efforts that have streamlined and improved access to work permits for eligible noncitizens, USCIS today announced a temporary final rule (TFR) to increase the automatic extension period for...
Daniel M. Kowalski
27 days ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Frequently Asked Questions on the USCIS Fee Rule
USCIS, Apr. 1, 2024 "On Jan. 31, 2024, USCIS published a final rule that, for the first time since 2016, adjusts certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. With the final rule, we can recover our operating costs more fully and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
27 days ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Provides Third Gender Option on Form N-400
USCIS, Apr. 1, 2024 "We have revised Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, to provide a third gender option, “X,” defined as “Another Gender Identity.” We are also updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual accordingly...
Daniel M. Kowalski
27 days ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Revises Policy Manual to Align with New Fee Rule
USCIS, April 1, 2024 "We are revising our guidance (PDF, 364.37 KB) in the USCIS Policy Manual to align with the Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements Final Rule published in the Federal Register on...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Policy Alert: Clarifying Expedite Requests
USCIS, Mar. 21, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS considers expedite requests related to government interests and requests related to emergencies...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Credible Fear Procedures Manual
Thanks to a FOIA request by David Cleveland , we now have the May 10, 2023 revision of the USCIS Credible Fear Procedures Manual available to us.
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Material Support Victory in MN: Fofana v. Mayorkas
Fofana v. Mayorkas "Nearly sixteen years after Plaintiff Abrahim Mohamed Fofana applied for adjustment of status, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) denied his petition. But even with that much time to review...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Delay Case Moves Forward: Mohamed v. Jaddou
Mohamed v. Jaddou "Plaintiff Rabi Awil Mohamed came to the United States as a refugee in 2015 and has been seeking derivative refugee status via I-730 petitions for his family since arrival. After filing his initial Complaint, United States Customs...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
H-1B Final Rule (Advance Copy)
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 02/02/2024 "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to implement the proposed beneficiary centric selection process for H-1B registrations...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Fee Schedule Final Rule
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 21 / Wednesday, January 31, 2024 "This final rule adjusts certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees charged by USCIS. This rule also provides additional fee exemptions for certain humanitarian categories...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Policy Alert: Untimely Filed Extensions of Stay and Change of Status Requests
USCIS, Jan. 24, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address when USCIS may, in its discretion, excuse untimely filed extensions of stay and change of status requests....
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CSPA Disharmony: Date For Filing or Final Action Date?
Cyrus D. Mehta, Jan. 22, 2024 "On February 14, 2023, the USCIS recognized that the age of the child gets protected under the Child Status Protection Act when the Date for Filing (DFF) in the Department of State (“DOS” or “State...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Ability to Pay Policy Alert (Jan. 5, 2024)
USCIS, Jan. 5, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the analysis of an employer’s ability to pay the proffered wage for certain employment-based immigrant...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Premium Processing Fee Hike
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 248 / Thursday, December 28, 2023 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is increasing premium processing fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to reflect the amount of inflation from...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Parole Q&A: AILA/USCIS Liaison Meeting, Dec. 14, 2023
USCIS, Dec. 18, 2023 "On Dec. 14, 2023, USCIS and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) met to discuss topics related to parole. AILA submitted the questions below, which USCIS answered. Please note that some of the questions may...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Updates Policy Guidance for International Students
USCIS, Dec. 20, 2023 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the F and M student nonimmigrant classifications, including the agency’s role in adjudicating applications for employment authorization...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
On the Importance of Scripps v. Jaddou
Cyrus D. Mehta and Jessica Paszko, Dec. 19, 2023 "Scripps v. Jaddou Offers Nuanced Interpretation of “Final Merits Determination” in Reversal of EB-1B Denial for Outstanding Researcher Noncitizen professors or researchers can more...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
"Outstanding" EB-1 Victory in Nebraska: Scripps College v. Jaddou
Scripps College v. Jaddou "At issue is whether the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) properly denied Plaintiff’s I-140 immigration petition by finding the beneficiary of the petition did not qualify...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
USCIS Policy Alert: Family-Based Conditional Permanent Residents (Dec. 12, 2023)
USCIS, Dec. 12, 2023 "Congress enacted the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986 (IMFA) to discourage the use of fraudulent marriages to obtain permanent residence.2 In accordance with IMFA, a noncitizen who obtains permanent resident status...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Employment-Based Adjustment of Status FAQs
USCIS, Dec. 8, 2023 "The employment-based (EB) annual limit for fiscal year (FY) 2024 will be higher than was typical before the pandemic, though lower than in FY 2021-2023. We are dedicated to using as many available employment-based visas as...
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