Category: News & Updates

USCIS Will No Longer Issue EAD Cards in Combination With APD Travel Travel Documents

Written on March 31, 2022.

USCIS Will No Longer Issue EAD Cards in Combination With APD Travel Travel Documents The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun to give priority to pending requests for employment authorization (Form I-765) made by adjustment...

Expanded Employment Eligibility for STEM Graduates

Written on March 30, 2022.

Expanded Employment Eligibility for STEM Graduates The current administration has made some policy changes to expand the opportunities available for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) graduates. This change is being made because...

Legal Immigration Can Help Reduce Labor Shortages

Written on March 30, 2022.

Legal Immigration Can Help Reduce Labor Shortages The Great Resignation has caused significant labor shortages in a lot of industries, and it looks like these shortages will continue for a while. This problem has hit the manufacturing industry...

DHS Ends Policy of Flexibility Concerning Expired List B Documents

Written on March 29, 2022.

DHS Ends Policy of Flexibility Concerning Expired List B Documents The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that starting on May 1st, 2022, employers can no longer accept expired list B documents for the purposes of completing the...

USCIS Returning to Offices Starting June 4th

Written on March 28, 2022.

USCIS Returning to Offices Starting June 4th United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that certain domestic offices will reopen and resume non-emergency public services starting June 4th, 2022. This will allow petitioners...

USCIS Issues Updated Employment Authorization Guidance for E and L Nonimmigrant Spouses

Written on March 28, 2022.

USCIS Issues Updated Employment Authorization Guidance for E and L Nonimmigrant Spouses United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has provided updated guidance regarding the use of I-94 for employment authorization and what E and...

The Justice Department Settles With Home Care Provider Over Abuse of E-Verify System

Written on March 28, 2022.

The Justice Department Settles With Home Care Provider Over Abuse of E-Verify System The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently announced the reaching of a settlement with a Washington state-based at-home health care provider. This settlement...

USCIS Makes Changes to Prevent Multiple H-1B Registrations

Written on March 24, 2022.

USCIS Makes Changes to Prevent Multiple H-1B Registrations Sometimes easier isn’t better, according to critics of USCIS’s electronic registration system. These critics have complained that the system makes registrations so simple and...

USCIS Making Progress Towards Electronic Processing

Written on March 23, 2022.

USCIS Making Progress Towards Electronic Processing The USCIS has been stating its intent to modernize by changing to an electronic filing system for almost twenty years. The system it had intended to put in place was ELIS, the Electronic Immigration...

USCIS Provides New Guidance for O-1 Visa Eligibility and Adjudication

Written on March 22, 2022.

USCIS Provides New Guidance for O-1 Visa Eligibility and Adjudication With intense competition for many employment-based visas as well as continuing backlogs and processing delays, many employers have turned to alternatives, including the O-1 visa...