On October 4, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the legality of the Department of Homeland Security’s post-graduate Optional Practical Training (OPT) programs. The opinion is in response to an appeal filed by Washington Alliance…
On October 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a lower court’s finding that the Department of Homeland Security’s 2012 memorandum establishing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is substantively and procedurally unlawful, but the…
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 The State Department began accepting online registrations for the Fiscal…
A stopgap spending measure passed by Congress will fund the U.S. government – including E-Verify and the Conrad 30 program – through December 16, 2022, as Congress considers federal budget legislation to fund the government for the full FY 2023.…
Effective September 26, 2022, USCIS has increased the automatic extension granted to green card renewal applicants to 24 months, up from an automatic extension of 12 months under the prior policy. Lawful permanent residents who properly file a Form I-90…
Entrants have from Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at noon EDT until Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at noon EST to register online at the State Department’s official Diversity Visa lottery website. Lottery applications must conform to the State Department’s strict requirements. A closer…
Beginning September 15, 2022, USCIS will accept Form I-907 Premium Processing upgrade requests for pending EB-1 Multinational Executive and Manager Form I-140 petitions that were received on or before January 1, 2022, and pending EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) I-140…
As of August 31, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) was conducting analyst review for PERM applications filed in January 2022 or earlier, and processing audited cases with priority dates of November 2021 or earlier. DOL is working on standard…
The Department of Homeland Security’s new public charge final rule takes effect on December 23, 2022. It largely codifies a longstanding policy on the public charge ground of inadmissibility. The rule would deem a foreign national ineligible to receive a…
USCIS has announced that it will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications with priority dates that are earlier than the Dates for Filing listed in the Department of State’s October Visa Bulletin. The EB-2 India Date for Filing will retrogress…