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

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...

The Government of Canada has created Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (“CUAET”) to help Ukrainians and their family members come to Canada as quickly as possible and to provide them with the ability to work and study while in Canada. The CUAET also gives those who are already in Canada the option to extend...

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...

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;...

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...

USCIS announced a policy update to adopt a risk-based approach when waiving interviews for conditional permanent residents (CPR) who have filed a petition to remove the conditions on their permanent resident status.

Effective immediately, new criteria will guide USCIS officers on when to waive interviews for CPRs who filed a Form I-751, Petition to Remove...

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...

DHS is ending the COVID-19 Temporary Policy for List B Identity Documents. Beginning May 1, Employers will no longer be able to accept expired List B documents.

DHS adopted the temporary policy in response to the difficulties many individuals experienced with renewing documents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that document issuing authorities have reopened and/or...

 

O USCIS está anunciando um trio de esforços para aumentar a eficiência e reduzir os encargos para o sistema geral de imigração legal. O USCIS definirá novas metas de redução de pendências em toda a agência, expandirá o processamento premium para tipos de formulário adicionais e trabalhará para melhorar o acesso oportuno aos...