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USCIS Continues to Expand Premium Processing

Written on August 18, 2022.

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

Written on August 17, 2022.

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

Written on August 4, 2022.

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...

USCIS Announces New Adjustment of Status Policy for TPS Recipients

Written on August 4, 2022.

USCIS Announces New Adjustment of Status Policy for TPS Recipients U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced a policy change that would benefit non-citizens with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The new policy will allow...

USCIS Is to Begin Second Phase of Premium Processing for Certain EB-1 and EB-2 Petitions

Written on August 2, 2022.

USCIS Is to Begin Second Phase of Premium Processing for Certain EB-1 and EB-2 Petitions The USCIS will soon be implementing the second phase of the expansion for premium processing. This expansion is specifically for petitioners with a pending...

USCIS Struggles to Issue the 280,000 Available Green Cards This Year

Written on July 25, 2022.

USCIS Struggles to Issue the 280,000 Available Green Cards This Year A record number of employment-based green cards are available this year, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is trying to issue all available visas before...

USCIS To Focus on Reducing Huge Backlog of Immigration Cases

Written on July 15, 2022.

USCIS To Focus on Reducing Huge Backlog of Immigration Cases The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) annual report to Congress focused on reducing the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) backlog of immigration cases. The USCIS...

USCIS Announces Cap on Additional H-2B Visas Reached as Labor Shortages Continue

Written on July 9, 2022.

USCIS Announces Cap on Additional H-2B Visas Reached as Labor Shortages Continue On May 18th, 2022, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the availability of 35,000 H-2B visas in addition to the regular allotment....

USCIS Announces Certain H-1B Petitions Will Be Transferred to the Agency’s California Service Center

Written on July 8, 2022.

USCIS Announces Certain H-1B Petitions Will Be Transferred to the Agency’s California Service Center In order to address its enormous backlog of H-1B visa petitions, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will be...

USCIS Announces the Limit for Additional FY2022 H-2B Visas Has Been Reached

Written on July 1, 2022.

USCIS Announces the Limit for Additional FY2022 H-2B Visas Has Been Reached Due to the backlog of 23,500 H-2B visas for temporary agricultural employees being set aside for some time, the second half of the 2022 fiscal year’s application...

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