In recent weeks, there have been reports of delays in the issuance of EADs and green cards for some employment-based, family-based, and asylum-based immigration applications. On July 9, the Washington Post reported that USCIS has shut down printing of documents evidencing legal status…
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 August 20, according to a set of notices to be published in the Federal Register. The restrictions were due…
According to the State Department’s August Visa Bulletin, cutoff dates for issuance of an immigrant visa will be as follows: EB-1: All countries except for China and India will remain current in August. China will advance by almost six months to February…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that it is extending for another 30 days, or until August 19, 2020, its relaxed enforcement of the normal requirement to physically inspect the original documents presented by new hires during the I-9 process…
Beginning on March 20, 2020, U.S. consular posts worldwide suspended normal consular services, including routine visa services. Immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services remain restricted to emergencies and those deemed mission critical. Consular Affairs has clearly articulated that its first priority is…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that it is rescinding a July 6 policy document that would have prohibited F-1 students from entering or remaining in the United States if their U.S. schools did not provide in-person instruction…
U.S. embassies and consulates will gradually resume routine nonimmigrant and immigrant visa services, according to a State Department tweet earlier today. Visa services have been widely suspended since mid-March in light of the COVID-19 virus. According to the agency, each consular post…
Numerous universities and U.S. states have filed federal lawsuits challenging a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy that would require F-1 foreign students to depart the United States if their U.S. schools will conduct classes online only during the…
During the Fall 2020 semester, students attending schools that are operating entirely online will not be permitted to take a full online course load and remain in the United States, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) has announced. The State…
In its ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS is further extending its 60-day deadline extension policy for responses to various agency actions to September 11, 2020. The accommodation will continue to be available to stakeholders responding to or filing the following: …