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 and Immigration...
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, provide start...
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...
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."
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 Department”...
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 organizations...
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 visa petition...
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 a small storefront...
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 June 2021...
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 have been...
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, change...
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 easily seek...
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 for an employment...
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 based...
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 possible in...