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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...

USCIS Announces Purge of Older E-Verify Records

Written on March 18, 2022.

USCIS Announces Purge of Older E-Verify Records Every year United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) purges records that are more than ten years old from the E-Verify system, and that time has come once again. The USCIS has announced...

USCIS Provides Guidance For Using Native American Tribal Documents to Complete the Form I-9

Written on March 17, 2022.

USCIS Provides Guidance For Using Native American Tribal Documents to Complete the Form I-9 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently announced that it has provided newly updated guidance for completion of the Form...

USCIS Launches New H-2A Employer Data Hub

Written on March 14, 2022.

USCIS Launches New H-2A Employer Data Hub The USCIS has started an H-2A employer data hub following suit with similar data hubs for other visa programs, which the USCIS has launched in recent years. This new employer data hub will give easy access...

USCIS Announces EAD and AP Documents Will Now Be Processed Separately

Written on March 8, 2022.

USCIS Announces EAD and AP Documents Will Now Be Processed Separately The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has stated that it will no longer be combining the advance parole (AP) and employment authorization document (EAD). Instead,...

USCIS Increases Enforcement on Employers Who Register Employees Multiple Times

Written on March 6, 2022.

USCIS Increases Enforcement on Employers Who Register Employees Multiple Times The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has been taking more notice of employers abusing the H-1B filing and registration system by registering the same...

USCIS To Permit Eligible Employment-Based Green Card Applicants to Move into Higher Preference Categories

Written on March 1, 2022.

USCIS To Permit Eligible Employment-Based Green Card Applicants to Move into Higher Preference Categories The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), responsible for the US immigration process, has recently stated that due to the extremely...

District Court Upholds USCIS Rule Requiring Amended H-1B Petitions for Changes in Domestic Location

Written on February 28, 2022.

District Court Upholds USCIS Rule Requiring Amended H-1B Petitions for Changes in Domestic Location A U.S. district court has upheld the requirement that sponsoring employers file an amended H-1B petition for their foreign national employees every...

USCIS Advises Petitioners of the Documents Necessary to Transfer Employment-Based Classifications

Written on February 28, 2022.

USCIS Advises Petitioners of the Documents Necessary to Transfer Employment-Based Classifications The USCIS has given advice to people who have an application pending for a green card concerning the documents required to transfer between different...

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