USCIS will resume premium processing on Tuesday, March 12, for all H-1B petitions. USCIS has stated that a separate announcement would be made for FY2020 H-1B Cap Cases. Details about the FY 2020 H-1B cap season will be addressed soon.…
USCIS has revised Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status and will publish the revised form on its website on March 8, 2019. The revised Form I-539 must be used for any petition received after March 21st. Please see https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/update-uscis-publish-revised-form-i-539-and-new-form-i-539a-march-8…
The U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia has been designated as the primary site to process immigrant visas for Libyan nationals residing in Libya. Due to visa restrictions placed on Libyan nationals by the Government of Morocco, The U.S. Embassy in…
In the March 2019 Visa Bulletin, Charlie provides his predictions for monthly forward movement for various categories. FB-3 Mexico moves ahead 3 weeks. FB-3 and FB-4 Philippines advances more than 3 months. EB-1 World is predicted anticipated to move forward…
The U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia has been designated as the primary site to process immigrant visas for residents of Venezuela. April 2019 marks the first month the National Visa Center will began scheduling Venezuelan immigrant visa interviews at U.S.…
USCIS expanded the fee payment system used in field offices to 16 additional offices. See https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-updates-fee-payment-system-used-field-offices for more information.
A proposed rule eliminating the H-4 EAD was sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on February 20, 2019, and is currently pending review. Once OMB completes its review, a notice of proposed rulemaking will be published in…
AILA released a practice pointer regarding the validity of Form I-693 Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Report. USCIS announced that it was updating its policy guidance in Volume 8, Part B of the USCIS Policy Manual. See https://www.aila.org/infonet/practice-pointer-validity-of-form-i-693-medical for…
The Department of State posted the visa bulletin for March today. See https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2019/visa-bulletin-for-march-2019.html for the visa bulletin for March 2019. USCIS advised that it will accept adjustment of status petitions for employment-based adjustment of status petitions for February based upon…
USCIS will resume premium processing on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, for all H-1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018. See https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-resumes-premium-processing-h-1b-petitions-filed-or-dec-21-2018 for more information.