The final regulation is intended to reinstate the DACA program largely unchanged in the wake of its invalidation by a federal court last year. The rule is scheduled to be published on August 30 and to take effect on October…
USCIS announced that it has received enough H-1B cap petitions to fill the 85,000 slots available for the coming fiscal year, which begins October 1. In March of this year, USCIS selected 127,600 cap registrations to meet the quota, or…
If the proposed rule becomes final, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would have ongoing authority to permit alternatives to in-person examination of Form I-9 employment eligibility verification documents at its discretion. The proposal stops short of seeking direct, permanent…
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completed review of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) proposed regulation entitled, “Optional Alternative to the Physical Examination Associated With Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9).” The proposal has been under…
The EB-5 Final Action date for China Unreserved categories will advance one month to December 22, 2015. The remaining Final Action Dates for employment-based categories will remain unchanged from the previous month. On the Dates for Filing chart, EB-5 China…
Next month, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from foreign nationals with a priority date that is earlier than the Final Action Dates listed in the State Department’s September 2022 Visa Bulletin. Employment-Based Priority Date Cutoffs for September…
As of July 31, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) was conducting analyst review for PERM applications filed in December 2021 or earlier, and processing audited cases with priority dates of October 2021 or earlier. DOL is working on standard…
The Department of Homeland Security has extended and redesignated Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), from October 1, 2022 through March 31, 2024. The initial registration period for new TPS applicants will run from August 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024.…
Due to the continuing COVID-19 emergency, USCIS is extending its deadline extension policy through October 23, 2022. Petitioners and applicants will continue to have an additional 60 days to respond to requests for evidence, notices of intent to deny or…
Beginning August 1, USCIS will accept Form I-907 Premium Processing upgrade requests for pending EB-1 Multinational Manager Form I-140 petitions that were filed on or before July 1, 2021, and pending EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) I-140 petitions that were…