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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...

USCIS to Begin Implementing Premium Processing for Certain Categories of Form I-140

Written on June 28, 2022.

USCIS to Begin Implementing Premium Processing for Certain Categories of Form I-140 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on May 24, 2022 that starting on June 1, 2022, its premium processing will go into effect for certain categories...

USCIS Provides Clarification Concerning Re-Designation of EB-5 Regional Centers

Written on June 13, 2022.

USCIS Provides Clarification Concerning Re-Designation of EB-5 Regional Centers United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently held a listening session to inform stakeholders about the implementation of the EB-5 Reform...

Best Practices Under USCIS’s 540 Day Automatic Extension Rule

Written on June 10, 2022.

Best Practices Under USCIS’s 540 Day Automatic Extension Rule The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that the automatic extension period would be lengthened for some...

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