On March 18, 2022, USCIS issued a Policy Alert titled ‘Documentation of Employment Authorization for Certain E and L Nonimmigrant Dependent Spouses’. As of January 30, 2022, USCIS and CBP began issuing Form I‑94, Arrival‑Departure records, with new classes...
H-1B nonimmigrant professionals on their selection in the Lottery
Congrats to all of our H-1B nonimmigrant professionals on their selection in the Lottery!! For others, we are pleased to work to find alternatives to the H-1B and to patiently wait to see if more Lotteries will be run before March 2023. Stay tuned for more business immigration law updates from Nachman Phulwani...
USCIS Guidance on Expedited EADs for Healthcare and Childcare Workers
If you are a healthcare worker or a childcare worker who has a pending Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization renewal application and your Employment Authorization Document (EAD) expires in 30 days or less or has already expired, you can request expedited processing of your EAD renewal application. USCIS had previously announced this flexibility...
T Nonimmigrant Status for Victims of Severe Forms of Trafficking in Persons
As of June 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will allow attorneys and accredited representatives to use self-service kiosks in USCIS field offices to pay the fees for filing an appeal of a DHS officer decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) or for Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) immigration...
Updated Department of State Guidance Regarding June 22nd Presidential Proclamation.
USCIS is implementing premium processing for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications. This expansion of premium processing only applies to certain previously filed Form I-140 petitions under an E13 multinational executive and manager classification or E21 classification as a member of...
USCIS Issuing RFEs for Documents Already Submitted to USCIS – A Problematic Trend Explained by the NPZ Law Group
Beginning Aug. 12, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is temporarily extending the validity period for Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, from two years to now four years due to COVID-19-related delays in processing.
USCIS may consider a completed Form I-693 as valid if:
• The civil surgeon’s signature is dated no...
USCIS and CBP Extend Form I-129 Pilot Program for Canadian L-1 Nonimmigrants
Por: Michael Phulwani, Esq, David H. Nachman, Esq. y Rabindra K. Singh, Esq.
La Ley de Asignaciones Consolidadas de 2016 (Ley Pública 114-113), promulgada por el presidente Obama el 18 de diciembre de 2015, aumentó las tarifas para ciertos peticionarios H-1B y L-1. Se requiere que estos peticionarios presenten un cargo...
USCIS Updates Guidance on Employment Authorization for E and L Nonimmigrant Spouses
USCIS is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the documentation that certain E and L nonimmigrant spouses may use as evidence of employment authorization based on their nonimmigrant status.
On Nov. 12, 2021, USCIS issued a policy announcement to clarify that USCIS will consider E and L spouses to be employment authorized...
USCIS Urges Eligible Individuals to Consider Applying for Adjustment of Status in the EB-2 Category Based on the April Visa Bulletin Date for Filing for India
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...
DOS Update: Local Filing of Form I-130 Petitions Filed by U.S. Citizens on Behalf of Afghan, Ethiopian, and Ukrainian Immediate Relatives Fleeing Conflict
If you are a U.S. citizen who is physically present overseas with your Afghan, Ethiopian, or Ukrainian immediate family members and have not yet filed an immigrant visa petition with USCIS, you may request to locally file a Form I-130 petition at the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate that processes immigrant visas. This...
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