The goal of the update is to clarify any confusion among immigrants and their families regarding the public charge rule. As a preliminary manner, the 2019 Public Charge Final Rule, enacted by the Trump Administration, is no longer in effect. Under this Rule, immigrants who had received public benefits (such as supplemental income, temporary finance […]
USCIS has reached the cap for the additional supplemental H-2B visas for 2022 Fiscal Year (FY). USCIS recently announced that it has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 23,500 visas made available for returning workers only. Under the H-2B program, a U.S. business may bring foreign nationals to the United States […]
USCIS recently announced a new rule that extending the validity period for employment authorization for certain Employment Authorization Document (EAD) renewal applications for up to 540 days. This increase will be effective from May 4, 2022. The effect of this rule is to help prevent gaps in employment for those non-citizens with pending EAD renewal […]
WASHINGTON— Earlier this month, USCIS announced that individuals who had previously received deferred action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) can now electronically (online) file Form I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. At this time, this option is available only for those individuals who were previously granted DACA. They must also file […]
USCIS announced a new policy that will affect conditional permanent residents (CPR). CPRs are noncitizens who are married to US citizens for less than two years and thus only have conditional permanent residency. Previously, all CPRs who petitioned to remove conditions on residence had to be interviewed if they obtained their conditional permanent residency through […]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and policies of the prior US administration, case backlog and processing times at USCIS have increased significantly. In late March, USCIS announced several new initiatives to increase overall efficiency and reduce backlogs. Reduce backlogs USCIS is setting internal goals to reduce massive backlogs. To help achieve its goals by the […]