As of October 31, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) was conducting analyst review for PERM applications filed in February 2022 or earlier, and processing audited cases with priority dates of December 2021 or earlier. DOL is working on standard…
Entrants have until Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at noon EST to register online at the State Department’s official lottery website. Lottery applications must conform to the State Department’s strict requirements. A closer look Registration for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Diversity Visa (DV)…
Due to the continuing COVID-19 emergency, USCIS is extending its deadline extension policy through January 24, 2023. Petitioners and applicants will continue to have an additional 60 days to respond to requests for evidence, notices of intent to deny or…
Starting today, Venezuelan citizens and their immediate family members can be sponsored for parole via a new DHS entry process. To qualify, applicants must be outside the United States, be a citizen of Venezuela or the spouse, common law partner,…
A federal district court in the Southern District of Texas has confirmed that its injunction blocking the Department of Homeland Security’s 2012 DACA memorandum also blocks the agency’s new DACA regulation, published in August 2022. The DACA regulation will not…
On October 12, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced “a safe and lawful way” for qualifying Venezuelans with supporters to travel by air to the United States, temporarily reside in the United States, and apply for work authorization. According to…
As of September 30, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) was conducting analyst review for PERM applications filed in February 2022 or earlier, and processing audited cases with priority dates of November 2021 or earlier. DOL is working on standard…
DHS has announced that it will make available an additional 64,716 H-2B visas in Fiscal Year 2023, nearly doubling the number of H-2B visas that would otherwise be available this fiscal year. Of the additional visas, 20,000 will be reserved…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that until further notice, employers should continue using the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, after its expiration date of October 31, 2022. According to the agency, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will publish a…
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is extending its flexible I-9 document inspection policy through July 31, 2023. Eligible employers will continue to be permitted to review I-9 identity and employment authorization documents without conducting…