The Department of Homeland Security announced a final rule that adjusts fees for certain immigration and naturalization benefit requests to ensure U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recovers its costs of services.

Unlike most government agencies, USCIS is fee funded. Fees collected and deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account fund nearly 97% of USCIS’ budget.

As...

On September 29, 2020, A federal district court issued a nationwide injunction, blocking U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from implementing a rule to significantly increase immigration filing fees. The final rule had been scheduled to take into effect Friday, Oct. 2.

The court decision said that that the plaintiffs had raised “serious questions”...

NACHMAN, PHULWANI, ZIMOVCAK LAW GROUP: SNEHAL BATRA, ESQ. AND DAVID H. NACHMAN, ESQ..

NPZ LAW GROUP, P.C. WILL TRAVEL TO INDIA TO VISIT THE U.S. CONSULATE, CLIENTS, FRIENDS AND PRESENT U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW UPDATES.

November 13 - 15, 2019 @ Mumbai.

November 19 - 21, 2019 @...

On August 14, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security published a final rule concerning the public charge ground of inadmissibility which becomes effective on October 15, 2019, therefore does not apply to cases filed before this date. This rule will apply to both nonimmigrant and immigrant cases, and imposes a “public benefit condition” on...

NPZ Law Group - VISASERVE - Immigration and Nationality Law Attorneys attended a special tour and meeting at Newark Liberty Airport, customs and border protection, port of entry, where they had an opportunities to observe the CBP officers in action and to learn about the local protocols for inspection. They were with their colleagues...

On March 5th, 2019, USCIS made an announcement that it has revised Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status and will publish the revised form on USCIS website on March 8, 2019. USCIS will be removing the 12/23/16 version of Form I-539 from uscis.gov on March 8 but will be allowing for a...

The Social Security Administration has resumed mailing notifications to employers identified as having at least one name and Social Security Number combination submitted on the wage and tax statement (Form W-2) that do not match SSA's records. A no-match letter is NOT necessarily an indication that a person is unauthorized to work in the...

WASHINGTON – On February 7, 2018, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement on President Donald J. Trump’s signing of a National Security Presidential Memorandum to establish a National Vetting Center (NVC):

“As part of the President’s efforts to raise the global bar for security and protect Americans, we’ve put in...

David Nachman will be speaking at this May 5th event from 5-7 pm.

Location: GCCI Hall

The current lapse in annual appropriated funding for the U.S. government does not affect USCIS’ fee-funded activities.

USCIS offices will remain open, and all individuals should attend interviews and appointments as scheduled.

USCIS will continue to accept petitions and applications for benefit requests, except as noted below.

Some USCIS programs, however, will either expire or...