U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will offer limited time filing flexibilities to provide relief to certain applicants and petitioners impacted by delays at a USCIS lockbox. These flexibilities only apply to benefit requests submitted to a USCIS lockbox and not to a USCIS service center or field office.

Background
As a result of COVID-19 restrictions,...

El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos ofrecerá flexibilidades limitadas para la presentación de solicitudes a fin de proporcionar alivio a ciertos solicitantes y peticionarios afectados por las demoras en las localidades seguras (lockbox) de USCIS. Estas flexibilidades solo aplican a las solicitudes de beneficios enviadas a una localidad segura de USCIS...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued three new policy updates in the USCIS Policy Manual. These updates:

• Clarify the criteria and circumstances for expedited processing;
• Address the circumstances in which officers should issue Requests for Evidence (RFEs) and Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs); and
• Extend the validity period for initial and renewal...

Applying for a visa can be stressful. It is a complex process and one that has a lot on the line as motivation to get everything right. It can be stressful even if you are applying for a marriage-based visa, which historically has a pretty high approval rate. Despite this, the looming possibility of...

નોન-ઇમિગ્રન્ટ્સ સ્ટેટસને લંબાવવા કે ફેરફાર કરવા માટે Form I-539 ફાઇલ કરનારા કેટલાક અરજદારો માટે બાયોમેટ્રિક્સની જરૂરિયાત થોડો સમય માટે ૧૭ મે, ૨૦૨૧થી મોકૂફ રાખવામાં આવી છે. H-4, L-2 અને E સ્ટેટસ માટે ફિંગરપ્રિન્ટ્સ અને તસવીર લીધા સિવાય હાલ કામ ચલાવવામાં આવશે એમ USCIS તરફથી જણાવાયું છે.

USCIS જણાવ્યા અનુસાર ૧૭ મે, ૨૦૨૩ સુધી મોકૂફ...

On May 27, 2021, the Secretary of State made a national interest determination regarding categories of travelers eligible for exceptions under Presidential Proclamations related to the spread of COVID-19. As a result of this determination, together with national interest determinations already in place, travelers subject to these proclamations due to their presence in China,...

On May 18th, 2021, The Department of Homeland Security issued a final rule that removes from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) an interim final rule (IFR) issued in October 2020, which has since been vacated by a federal district court.

On Oct. 8, 2020, DHS issued an IFR titled, Strengthening the H-1B...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding applicants’ registration to vote through a state’s department of motor vehicles or other state benefit application process and the effects on an applicant’s good moral character (GMC).

Policy Highlights

• Clarifies that USCIS will not penalize an applicant who unknowingly...

Policy Highlights

• Specifies that applicants engaged outside the United States in a qualifying religious vocation provided under INA 317 must file an Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes (Form N-470) with USCIS to have time outside the United States considered towards the continuous residence and physical presence requirements.

• Clarifies that such...