This rule will eliminate the previously used Duration of Status (D/S) and set the Fixed Term Limit to the Student and Exhange Visitors (F and J Visas) and representatives of foreign media (I Visa). We believe this was done to make it easier for ICE to quantify and pursue Overstays. However, as a side effect, […]
Recently, our office successfully petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to vacate the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) which had affirmed the denial of our client’s asylum case. Our client’s case was denied by an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) based on an adverse credibility determination. The BIA affirmed this […]
On the recent development, The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed the Final Public Charge rule to go in effect (Cook County et al V. Wolf et al). USCIS has resumed implementing Public Charge Rule beginning November 4, 2020. Previously, on November 2, 2020, Federal district Court had vacated the Final Public Charge rule […]
Some Applicants can file Extraordinary Ability Visa (EB-1A) and Adjustment of Status/ Green Card (I-485) at the same time for December 2019 and January 2020 As per the Department of State’s visa bulletin for December 2019 and for January 2020, date for filing are current for EB-1 categories for applicants from countries other than India […]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a requirement for employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, to first electronically register and pay the associated $10 H-1B registration fee before filing a petition for the fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap. USCIS will open an initial registration period from […]
The new guideline reaffirms and clarifies that: The petitioner must have been a juvenile under relevant state law when the juvenile court order was issued; USCIS requires evidence of a court’s intervention to provide relief from abuse, neglect, or abandonment beyond a statement that the juvenile is dependent on the court; and USCIS will no […]