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USCIS Posts Federal Register Notice for Palestinians Under DED

Written on May 15, 2024.

USCIS Posts Federal Register Notice for Palestinians Under DED The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently posted a Federal Register notice creating procedures governing Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for Palestinians...

USCIS Increases Automatic Extension of Many Employment Authorization Documents to 540 Days

Written on May 2, 2024.

USCIS Increases Automatic Extension of Many Employment Authorization Documents to 540 Days The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced a temporary final rule to extend the automatic extension period for many work permit...

USCIS Reaches H-2B Visa Cap for Second Half of FY2024

Written on March 28, 2024.

USCIS Reaches H-2B Visa Cap for Second Half of FY2024 According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency has received enough petitions from employers to reach the cap for the latter half of the 2024 fiscal year. As such,...

USCIS to Accelerate EAD Process for Refugees

Written on March 22, 2024.

USCIS to Accelerate EAD Process for Refugees The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced a new process for providing eligible refugees with work permits. The USCIS intends to streamline the program with this process....

USCIS Organizational Accounts for H-1B Registrations Now Online

Written on March 20, 2024.

USCIS Organizational Accounts for H-1B Registrations Now Online The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently introduced new organizational accounts in time for the fiscal year 2025 H-1B cap season. According to the USCIS, these...

USCIS Premium Processing Fee Increase In Effect

Written on March 1, 2024.

USCIS Premium Processing Fee Increase In Effect As of February 26, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has increased its fees for Premium Processing services. These increases require those filing to account for these increased...

Error Causes E-Verify System To Display Incorrect Photos

Written on March 1, 2024.

Error Causes E-Verify System To Display Incorrect Photos Recently, a business had an issue with E-Verify in which the photo-matching tool did not work correctly. The photos that E-Verify transmitted did not match those on employees’ documents....

USCIS Reports Record Breaking Immigration Case Processing Reduces Backlog

Written on February 21, 2024.

USCIS Reports Record Breaking Immigration Case Processing Reduces Backlog The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released data for its fiscal year 2023 (FY2023) operations. This data disclosed that the agency processed an unprecedented...

USCIS Publishes Final Rule Increasing Filing Fees

Written on February 10, 2024.

USCIS Publishes Final Rule Increasing Filing Fees The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it published the final rule concerning employment-based petitions. This rule will increase the cost of many petitions. These increases...

USCIS Issued Updated Guidance on Ability to Pay Visa Workers

Written on January 22, 2024.

USCIS Issued Updated Guidance on Ability to Pay Visa Workers The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently updated an employment-based immigration visa policy. It addresses how the USCIS analyzes an employer’s ability...

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