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On August 3, 2020, 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. The rule, which will be effective October 2, 2020, also removes certain fee exemptions, changes fee waiver requirements, alters premium processing time limits, and modifies intercountry adoption processing. Any application, petition, or request postmarked on or after October 2, 2020, must be accompanied with the fees set forth in the final rule.
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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.
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The Department of Homeland Security announced it will lift its ban on the Trusted Traveler Program (TTP) for New York residents. After DHS cut off the TTP program in February, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature amended the law that prevents sharing of information to federal law enforcement officers who are working to protect the citizens of New York and the American people.
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Today, USCIS launched a redesigned uscis.gov website, which USCIS designed with input from applicants, petitioners, and the public. In addition to a new look and feel, USCIS has improved the website to help web visitors better navigate USCIS existing online tools and resources, as well as to file and manage applications and petitions online.
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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is set to launch a six-week "Citizens Academy" course on immigration enforcement, which will include training for citizens on how to arrest undocumented immigrants.

A letter published online by The St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA) appears to show ICE Chicago Field Office Director Robert Guadian inviting shareholders to participate in the course, which includes six days of training over a six-week period starting in September.
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RIDGEWOOD NJ - The Immigration and Nationality Lawyers at the Nachman Phulwani Zimovcak (NPZ) Law Group denounce President Trump’s decision to block access to certain nonimmigrant workers until at least the end of the year, including H-1B, H-2B, J-1 and L-1 nonimmigrants and their family members.

This ban, which has few exceptions, will harm employers, families, universities, hospitals, communities, and delay America’s economic recovery. The President also extended his administration’s April order banning the admission of legal permanent residents which has already separated families and weakened communities.

Michael Phulwani, Esq. one of the Managing Attorneys at NPZ stated, “We are all still in the middle of an unprecedented global health and economic crisis that requires us to use all of the tools and resources available to keep Americans healthy and strengthen our economy.
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• Further immigration restrictions may push employers to expand their presence overseas in order to meet hiring needs, HR Dive says.
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• USCIS says it will run out of money this summer. USCIS has requested $1.2 billion in emergency funding, and, it's asking Congress to approve a 10% surcharge on application fees as part of that funding.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recognizes that there are immigration-related challenges as a direct result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We continue to carefully analyze these issues and to leverage our resources to effectively address these challenges within our existing authorities.
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We are tickled to have been listed/recognized ...

After a review of local firms, NPZ Law Group has been identified and published in an article of the Best Immigration Lawyers in Indianapolis.

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