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Effective May 4, 2022, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is “temporarily” amending existing DHS regulations related to expiring employment authorization and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for certain renewal applicants. The prior extension period of up to 180 days will automatical...

In January 2022, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)  posted an alert advising certain Adjustment of Status (AOS) applicants to consider upgrading from EB-3 to EB-2 preference classification. USCIS also posted information on its website facilitating the transfer...

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has directed Nebraska Service Center (NSC) and Texas Service Center (TSC) to cease adjudication of all Employment-Based (EB) Form I-485 cases other than those based on 4th preference petitions (religious workers, special immigrant ...

Yesterday, March  29, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule, Implementation of the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act, that will expand premium processing service for Forms I-539, I-765 and certain EB-1 and EB-2 I-140s.  This rule is effect...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today a final rule that will expand premium processing service for Forms I-539, I-765 and certain EB-1 and EB-2 I-140s.  USCIS intends to begin implementing, through a phased approach, premium processing availability of Form I-539, Form I-765 ...

The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico have resumed limited processing of nonimmigrant visas and have reported changes to NIV processing at specific posts.  TN appointments are now only available in Mexico City, Ciudad Juarez, and Guadalajara. Previously scheduled TN appointme...

A foreign national with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics can bypass the U.S. Department of Labor’s PERM labor certification application process and self-petition for first preference classification without a job offer. Similarly,  a U.S. empl...

On March 2, 2022, Ukrainians were formally added to the Department of State (DOS) list of Homeless Nationalities.  9 FAM 504.4-8(E)(1) defines ‘Homeless Cases’ as: “Generally, a homeless visa applicant is one who is a national of a country in which the United States has no consular representa...

Registration Process To file H-1B petitions subject to the FY2023 cap for an employee, you must first electronically register and pay a $10 fee for each electronic registration. The electronic registration includes basic information about the employer and employee. This year, registrations must be s...