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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...

Existing Immigrants Could Help to Reduce the Labor Shortage if the USCIS Let Them

Written on February 23, 2022.

Existing Immigrants Could Help to Reduce the Labor Shortage if the USCIS Let Them As the nation continues to undergo historic labor shortages, more than one million immigrants are still awaiting approval from the USCIS for work permits. Without...

USCIS Extends Validity of Certain Work Permits

Written on February 20, 2022.

USCIS Extends Validity of Certain Work Permits U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that refugees and those granted asylum will no longer have to renew their work permits annually. Instead, to address the agency’s significant...

The USCIS Reveals Its New Mission Statement

Written on February 16, 2022.

The USCIS Reveals Its New Mission Statement The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced its new mission statement stating that America is a nation of “welcome and possibility.” The entire statement is, “USCIS...

The USCIS Updates Guidance for Requests to Expedite Processing

Written on February 10, 2022.

The USCIS Updates Guidance for Requests to Expedite Processing In the last few years, federal immigration officials have had severe backlogs in processing some immigration applications. The most prominent reason for these delays is the COVID-19...

USCIS Struggles to Retrieve Paper Naturalization Files Leaving Many Stuck

Written on February 10, 2022.

USCIS Struggles to Retrieve Paper Naturalization Files Leaving Many Stuck Foreign nationals trying to complete the naturalization process are having difficulty due to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ inability to obtain these individuals’...

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