The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed an emergency stopgap bill that would expand the premium processing program at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in order to prevent around 13,000 agency employees from being furloughed on August 30. If passed…
According to the State Department’s September 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 September. China and India will advance by three weeks to…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that due to COVID-19-related delays in the production of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), certain foreign nationals may use an EAD approval notice to establish employment authorization during the I-9 verification process, even though such notices…
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 September 21, according to a DHS Fact Sheet. The restrictions were due to expire…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that it is extending for another 30 days, or until September 19, 2020, its relaxed enforcement of the normal requirement to physically inspect the original documents presented by new hires during the I-9 process…
USCIS today began notifying employers and their immigration counsel of the results of a second selection lottery for the FY 2021 H-1B cap. Employers whose H-1B registrations are selected in the second drawing will have from August 17 to November…
The Second Circuit on Wednesday revived the Trump administration's Public Charge Rule for immigrants, narrowing a New York federal judge's earlier ruling that had blocked the contested immigration rule nationwide during the coronavirus pandemic. In a brief order signed by…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is planning to furlough about two-thirds of its workers at the end of August after Congress failed to reach a deal on a coronavirus stimulus package. USCIS notified about 13,400 of its 20,000 employees…
The State Department has issued highly-anticipated updates to its guidance on national interest exceptions (NIEs) from President Trump’s June 22 proclamation banning the entry of H-1Bs and L-1s, among other nonimmigrants. Under the new guidance, foreign nationals may obtain a new…
President Trump yesterday signed an executive order that requires government agencies to conduct a sweeping review of federal contractors’ and subcontractors’ use of nonimmigrant workers and overseas labor on federal contracts, including whether U.S. workers were adversely affected by the hiring of…