U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a redesign to the Permanent Resident Card (also known as a Green Card) and the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) as part of the Next Generation Secure Identification Document Project. USCIS will begin issuing the new cards on May 1, 2017.
These redesigns use enhanced graphics and fraud-resistant security...
USCIS Will Issue Redesigned Green Cards and Employment Authorization Documents
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a redesign to the Permanent Resident Card (also known as a Green Card) and the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) as part of the Next Generation Secure Identification Document Project. USCIS will begin issuing the new cards on May 1, 2017.
These redesigns use enhanced graphics and fraud-resistant security...
USCIS Reminds Beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status for Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone of May 21 Termination
USCIS is reminding the public that the designations of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone terminate effective May 21, 2017.
To provide sufficient time for an orderly transition, the Department of Homeland Security gave beneficiaries under these three designations 8 months advance notice of the expiration by publishing 3...
H-1B NONIMMIGRANT WORK VISA UPDATE: USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for FY 2018
USCIS announced on April 7, 2017, that it has received enough H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year (FY) 2018. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the U.S. advanced degree exemption, also known as the master’s cap.
USCIS received...
Immigration Arrests Double in Just 11 Years
What steps should I take if my loved one has been arrested by immigration?
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Recently released data from the Justice Department shows that the number of immigration arrests has doubled in the past 11 years. Immigration crimes now account for half of all arrests by federal agents. Immigration crimes included illegal border...
The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security Propose Rule on Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant increase in the need for nurses. Due to the shortages of registered nurses in medically underserved communities and rural areas, more immigrant nurse visas have opened. Considering that, the Department of Labor (DOL) has determined that hiring immigrant professionals would not displace available...
THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS: What Defenses Are Available to Persons Facing Deportation?
Deportation proceedings, now referred to as Removal Proceedings, can be frightening. Your entire future in the United States is on the line. If you are the breadwinner of your family, you have more at stake: the stability and safety of your family. Once deported or removed from the U.S., it is...
Alvos das ações do ICE
Nos últimos meses, vieram à tona notícias de que o Serviço de Imigração e Controle de Duanas dos Estados Unidos (ICE, na sigla em inglês) voltou a realizar operações de “execução focadas”, as chamadas “Operation Cross Check”. Elas são direcionadas especialmente a três grupos:
Fugitivos – Qualquer pessoa com ordem de deportação decretada;
Indivíduos...
o Departamento do Trabalho dos EUA, por meio da Divisão de Salário e Horas (WHD), continua promovendo auditorias e investigações relacionadas ao visto H-1B
Empregadores que contratam profissionais com o visto H-1B e trabalhadores para ocupações especiais devem, por lei, submeter um Pedido de Condições de Trabalho (LCA) completo pelo Formulário ETA 9035E, do Departamento do Trabalho dos Estados Unidos (DOL), seguindo as formas definidas pelas regulações.
Ao completar e assinar o LCA, o empregador atesta vários...
SAME SEX MARRIAGE – IMMIGRATION BENEFITS 2013
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension of the flexibility in complying with requirements related to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, due to COVID-19.
This temporary guidance was set to expire November 19. Because of ongoing precautions related to COVID-19, DHS has extended this...
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