United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced it is implementing the final phase of its expansion of premium processing for Forms I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, in the EB-1 Multinational Executive and Manager and EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) categories. This final phase is set to commence on January 30, 2023.
Read moreUSCIS Plans to Expand Premium Processing Services
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) plans to “increase efficiency and reduce burdens to the overall legal immigration system” in order to reduce their extensive adjudication backlogs and increased processing times, by expanding the premium processing service to include additional form types.
Read moreUSCIS Implements DHS Guidance on DACA
US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) released guidance late last month on how they will implement Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf’s July 28 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) memorandum, which was issued after the Supreme Court rejected in June the Trump administration's attempt to rescind the DACA program.
Read moreDon't Panic: Secondary Inspection Isn’t Always Cause for Concern
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Read moreOPINION: Visa Bulletin Debacle
Those of us practicing immigration law in the summer of 2007 experienced something that we thought would never happen again. The US State Department (DOS) released a Visa Bulletin that reported every employment-based preference category as “current.” This meant that everyone with an approved labor certification, no matter the prior backlog of priority dates, could file their adjustment of status (i.e. “Green Card”) applications with US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS). Clients and attorneys cheered for joy and started preparing the paperwork. Clients who were abroad when the announcement was made flew back to the US (since an applicant has to be physically present in the US when applying for the adjustment). Clients got medical exams, paid for translations, paid attorneys, and everyone worked overtime to put together these numerous and extensive applications. And then…the State Department took the Visa Bulletin back!
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