USCIS Expands Credit Card Payment Pilot Program to Form I-140 When Requesting Premium Processing


As part of our credit card payment pilot program, the Texas Service Center is now accepting credit card payments using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions, for petitioners filing Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, with Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, or when filing Form I-907 to upgrade a pending...
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EB-5 Update: USCIS Resumes Processing of Regional Center-based Form I-526


USCIS has resumed processing regional center-based Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, filed on or before the sunset of the previous regional center program on June 30, 2021.

USCIS will adjudicate all Form I-526 petitions filed before March 15, 2022, according to the applicable eligibility requirements at the time such petitions were filed...
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USCIS Announces Online Filing for DACA Renewal Forms


USCIS announced that individuals who previously received deferred action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) may now file Form I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, online.

“The expansion of online filing is a priority for USCIS as we make our operations more efficient and effective for the agency and our stakeholders, applicants,...
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USCIS Announces New EB-5 Regional Center Program


On March 15, President Biden signed a law that includes authority for an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program and various implementation effective dates for the program. The program will be in effect through Sept. 30, 2027. We are reviewing the new legislation and will provide additional guidance.

USCIS link: https://www.uscis.gov/i-526

Certain EADs for TPS Syria Automatically Extended through Sept. 24, 2022


USCIS is issuing individual notices to certain TPS Syria beneficiaries whose applications to renew Form I 766, Employment Authorization Document (EAD), remain pending. These individual notices further extend the validity of their EADs until Sept. 24, 2022. Their current EADs bear an A12 or C19 category and an expiration date of March 31, 2021;...
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USCIS implementa abordagem baseada em risco para entrevistas condicionais de residentes permanentes


O USCIS anunciou uma atualização de política para adotar uma abordagem baseada em risco ao dispensar entrevistas para residentes permanentes condicionais (CPR) que apresentaram uma petição para remover as condições de seu status de residente permanente.

Com efeito imediato, novos critérios orientarão os oficiais do USCIS sobre quando dispensar entrevistas para CPRs que preencheram o...
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બેકલોગ ઘટાડવા અને પ્રિમિયમ પ્રોસેસિંગ વધારવા માટે USCISના પ્રયાસો


લિગલ ઇમિગ્રેશન સિસ્ટમ પર ભારણ વધ્યું છે ત્યારે તેને હળવું કરવા માટે USCIS તરફથી ત્રિપાંખીયા પ્રયાસો શરૂ થઈ રહ્યા છે. કાર્યદક્ષતા લાવીને તંત્રને વધારે ચૂસ્તી સાથે કામ કરતું કરાશે. USCIS એજન્સી પ્રમાણે બેકલોગ ઘટાડવાનો નવો ટાર્ગેટ આપશે, વધારે કેટલાક ફોર્મ્સમાં પ્રિમિયમ પ્રોસેસિંગનો વ્યાપ વધારશે અને વર્ક પરમીટ દસ્તાવેજો સમયસર મળે તેના પર ધ્યાન કેન્દ્રીત...

U.S. CONSULATE PROCESSING UPDATE: Consular Returns From U.S. Consular Offices Abroad to the Vermont Service Center.

Under the NAFTA treaty, Canadians (as well as Mexicans) who practice certain professional occupations and who have a job offer from a U.S. employer may apply for TN status. It lasts for up to three years, and can be renewed...

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WHAT IF MY CASE DID NOT GET CHOSEN IN THE H-1B LOTTERY: EXPLORING WORK VISA OPTIONS BEYOND THE H-1B CAP (PART VII of an VIII Part Series)

Last year USCIS received approximately 308,613 H-1B petitions for the fiscal year 2022. With uncertainty looming large as to who may or may not obtain an H-1B in the 2023 H-1B Fiscal Year Lottery, it is time that prospective H-1B visa beneficiary start exploring other work visa options that may allow them to...

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