In its ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS has agreed to extend its 60-day deadline extension policy for responses to various agency actions to July 1, 2020. The accommodation will continue to be available to stakeholders responding to or filing the…
In a continued response to COVID-19, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will extend its public closure of local field offices and Application Support Centers (ASCs), suspending in-person services now until at least June 3. The original suspension took effect on March…
President Trump today signed a presidential proclamation to temporarily suspend the entry of certain employment-based, family-based and other immigrants for 60 days, with a number of exceptions. The President characterized the measure as a means to protect U.S. workers and conserve medical…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have each announced that Visa Waiver Program (VWP) travelers who have been granted an initial 30-day period of satisfactory departure may apply for an additional 30 days if they remain unable…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will continue to implement the Trump Administration’s ban on “non-essential” travel across U.S. land borders (and ferry travel) with Mexico and Canada through May 20, according to a set of notices to be published in the Federal Register. The Centers for Disease…
Due to the COVID-19 emergency, employers should expect a delay in data entry and receipt notice issuance for FY 2021 H-1B cap cases. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that it will not begin to perform intake processing on these…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is not currently offering special flexibility to nonimmigrants who are unable to depart the United States because of the COVID emergency, the agency has announced. Foreign nationals affected by the emergency may seek a change of…
During its first H-1B cap registration season, USCIS received nearly 275,000 FY 2021 registrations between March 1, and March 20, 2020. Of these, approximately 46%, or 126,500, hold advanced degrees from U.S. institutions of higher education. Last year, the agency received 201,011…
In a continued response to COVID-19, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will extend its public closure of local field offices and Application Support Centers (ASCs), suspending in-person services now until at least May 3. The original suspension took effect on March 18…
In light of the COVID-19 emergency, the Department of Homeland Security is giving individuals additional time to obtain state driver’s licenses and non-driver identification cards that comply with the requirements of the REAL ID Act. The deadline for REAL ID Act compliance…