USCIS announced that, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is extending flexibilities previously announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to certain agency requests. This flexibility applies if the issuance date listed...
Asylum
DHS, USCIS to Modernize, Define the Collection of Biometrics
WASHINGTON— The Department of Homeland Security today announced the imminent publication of a Notice of Proposed Rule making that proposes expanding department authorities and methods for collecting biometrics that will establish a defined...
TPS Beneficiaries Retain Same Immigration Status after Traveling Abroad
TPS Beneficiaries Retain Same Immigration Status after Traveling Abroad WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a Policy Memorandum adopting the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) decision on Matter of Z‑R‑Z‑C. The decision...
I-9 Compliance for Employers
ICE announces another extension to I-9 compliance flexibility WASHINGTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced another extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. Due to the...
Temporary Changes to H-2A (temporary agricultural workers) requirements
As a result of continued disruptions and uncertainty to the U.S. food agriculture sector during the summer and upcoming fall agricultural season caused by the global novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) public health emergency, the Department of...
U Visa Applications can be Rejected if questions are left blank
This alert updates and extends a December 2019 alert that purportedly empowers USCIS to reject a Form I-918 or Form I-918, Supplement A that contains any blank spaces. Under the new alert, USCIS may also reject a Form I-918, Supplement B – which is completed by a...
P-1 Visa for Individual Athletes
P-1 visa for Individual Athletes of International Recognition: A P-1 visa is a perfect visa for an athlete who has achieved international recognition in their competitive sport, has paying sponor(s), and seeks to enter the U.S. to complete in tournaments and/or...
Do Individual Athletes needs a Visa to Compete in the U.S.?
Many times our Office receive calls from individual athletes asking if they need a visa to compete in a tournament or competition here in the U.S. These are not athletes on a team sport, they are athletes who compete in individual sports such as: surfing, golf,...
Injunction of the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Final Rule
As long as the July 29, 2020, SDNY decision is in effect, USCIS will apply the 1999 public charge guidance that was in place before the Public Charge Rule was implemented on Feb. 24, 2020 to the adjudication of any application for adjustment of status on or after July...
Public Charge and Health Care
The fight to block President Trumps's new requirement that prospective immigrants seeking visas prove they can get or pay for their own health insurance continues. Lawyers for seven people urged a federal judge this past Friday to continue to block this new...
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