USCIS Settlement Agreement Means EB-5 Investors Can Now File for Green Cards
September 26, 2022
The USCIS reached an agreement with EB-5 Regional Centers to settle two lawsuits. The Regional Centers filed these suits with claims that the USCIS...
Investors Make Agreement with USCIS to End Suit Over EB-5 Reforms
September 26, 2022
A proposed settlement filed in California Federal Court shows that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reached an agreement with a...
USCIS Unlikely to Perform Second H-1B Lottery for FY2023
Recent United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) actions indicate that the agency will not hold a second lottery. Instead, the agency has begun sending out electronic notices...
Group of Ukrainians Sue USCIS For Denying Them Immediate Access to Employment Authorization
A group of Ukrainians who moved to the United States in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has filed a complaint against U.S. Citizenship and...
USCIS Backlogs Affect Processing of Work Permits for Asylum Seekers
Asylum-seekers who have recently filed work permit applications have been finding their applications delayed. This delay is due to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...
USCIS Urges Applicants for Employment-Based Green Cards to Complete Their Required Medical Exams Before the End of the Fiscal Year
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) encourages employment-based adjustment (green card) applicants...
USCIS Updates Guidance for O-1 Visa Petitions Related to STEM Fields
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its policy guidance concerning O-1A non-immigrants with extraordinary abilities in the science, technology,...
USCIS Continues to Expand Premium Processing
On August 1, 2022, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting Form I-907, the Request for Premium Processing, for certain petitions that are already pending. These...
USCIS Further Extends Flexibility in Responding to Certain Agency Requests
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently announced that it is again extending the period of flexibility for responding to requests from USCIS,...
USCIS Races to Allocate Employment-Based Visas by the end of Fiscal Year 2022
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported that 66,781 employment-based immigrant visas (Permanent Resident/Green Cards) went unused in the last fiscal...