White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain issued a memorandum that directs, in part, that 1) all rules pending at the Federal Register that have not been published must…
SCIS announced that, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the agency is extending the flexibilities it announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants, petitioners, and…
USCIS announced that, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is extending the flexibilities originally announced on March 30, 2020. These flexibilities apply to certain…
USCIS announced that it will publish a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comments on revisions to Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, to remove sections relating…
USCIS announced that starting in January 2021, it will replace the sticker that is currently issued to lawful permanent residents to extend the validity of their Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card (PRC or “Green Card”), with a revised Form I-797, Notice of Action, for Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card. The revised I-797 receipt notice, together with an applicant’s PRC, will serve as temporary evidence of lawful permanent resident status for 12 months from the expiration date on the face of the PRC.
USCIS has approved Applicant’s I-601. Applicant’s Form I-601A was approved. Applicant left the United States to attend his interview for an immigrant visa.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS is extending flexibilities that were previously announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to…
As a result of class action litigation in Vangala v. USCIS challenging USCIS’s No Blank Space” policy, USCIS has agreed to stop implementing the rejection policy for asylum…
USCIS announced via the Form I-589 webpage that beginning November 2, 2020, asylum offices will no longer accept the filing of Forms I-589 that previously were…
USCIS released its H-2B cap count for FY2021, stating that it has received 29,739 beneficiaries toward the 33,000 cap for the first half of FY2021, with…
USCIS updated policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual related to the naturalization civics test, increasing the general bank of questions to 128, the number of exam…
The USCIS premium processing service allows petitioners to pay an additional filing fee to expedite the adjudication of certain forms, generally within 15 days. Any Form…