USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year (FY) 2022.
USCIS has completed sending non-selection notifications to registrants’ online accounts. The status for registrations properly submitted for...
USCIS UPDATES DISCRETIONARY CRITERIA FOR CASE-BY-CASE INTERVIEW DETERMINATIONS OF ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS APPLICATIONS BASED ON REFUGEE OR ASYLEE STATUS
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating existing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the exercise of the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security’s discretion in adjudications of adjustment of status applications.
This update clarifies existing content by providing a non-exhaustive list of positive and negative factors that may be relevant...
USCIS UPDATE: SAVE Records Disposal
Ridgewood, New Jersey - The U.S. Senate on Friday voted 47-34 to confirm President Biden’s nomination of Ur Mendoza Jaddou to lead U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), making her the first Senate-confirmed woman and first person of Arab and Mexican descent to lead the immigration agency since it was created, nearly two...
Ukraine – What Higher Ed Can Do.
In the recently published April Visa Bulletin, the Department of State advanced the Date for Filing (also known as the application date) applications for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status in the employment-based, second preference (EB-2) category for India from Sept. 1, 2013, to Sept. 1, 2014.
If you are a noncitizen who has...
CANADA IMMIGRATION UPDATE: IMMIGRATION SUPPORT TO UKRAINE
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) is taking additional steps to support Ukrainians and people residing in Ukraine, and to make it easier and faster for Canadian citizens, permanent residents and their accompanying immediate family members to return to Canada.
IRCC is implementing urgent processing of travel documents, including issuing single-journey travel...
MAINTAINED STATUS DURING PROCESSING PERIOD
All foreign nationals are authorized to enter Canada as a temporary resident under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). A temporary resident may be authorized to work or study during their temporary stay in Canada. Such residents have an automatically imposed condition that they must leave Canada at the end of their authorized...
USCIS Decoupling Adjudication of EADs and Advance Paroles to Expedite EAD Issuance (AILA Source)
Over the last several days, AILA has received numerous reports from members that they are receiving approved employment authorization documents (EADs) that do not include advance parole (AP) travel authorization, even though the applicant had requested both benefits. When an applicant requested both an EAD and advance parole, USCIS had previously been issuing “combination...
રોજગારી આધારિત કેટેગરી બદલવા માટે USCISનું ગાઇડન્સ
આ વખતના નાણાકીય વર્ષમાં (ઑક્ટોબર 2021થી સપ્ટેમ્બર 2022) એમ્પ્લોયમેન્ટ બેઝ ઇમિગ્રન્ટ વીઝાની કેટલીક કેટેગરીમાં ઘણા બધા વીઝા ઉપલબ્ધ હોવાથી પ્રથમ કે દ્વિતિય પસંદગીની કેટેગરીઝ બદલવા, એડજસ્ટમેન્ટ ઑફ સ્ટેટસ એપ્લિકેશન બદલવા માટે અરજી કરવામાં આવે તે માટે લાયક અરજદારોને USCIS પ્રોત્સાહન આપી રહી છે.
2022ના નાણાંકીય વર્ષમાં રોજગારી આધારિત વાર્ષિક વીઝાની મર્યાદા સામાન્ય કરતાં બમણી છે,...
DOS Update: Information for U.S. Citizens in Ukraine
U.S. citizens in Ukraine should complete this online form so that the State Department can communicate with you. U.S. citizens seeking to depart Ukraine can also call 1-833-741-2777 (in the United States) or 1-606-260-4379 (from overseas) for immediate assistance.
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FORM I-9 UPDATE – L-1 AND E-1/E-2 NONIMMIGRANT SPOUSES NOW CAN WORK WITHOUT AN EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENT – EXPLAINED BY THE NPZ LAW GROUP
The Systems Enforcement Analysis and Review (SEAR) office of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed on January 31st, 2022, that it was applying new admission codes to identify the spouses of E and L principals for work authorization documentation. This decision was made in light of the litigation settlement (Settlement) on November...
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