DHS published a final rule in today’s Federal Register increasing the premium processing filing fee by 14.92 percent, changing it from $1,225 to $1,410. The rule is effective October 1, 2018, and applications postmarked on …
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Please find here an interesting article on Forbes.
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Effective August 9, 2018, USCIS made fundamental changes to its policy inasmuch that students’ or exchange visitors’ status violations will automatically make them unlawfully present and subject to the 3- or 10-year reentry bars. Under …
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A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must fully restore the DACA program but delayed the order until August 23, 2018, to allow the government to respond and appeal. In the decision, the court …
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An unexpected question has been popping up for some temporary employment visa applicants during their interviews at U.S. consulates: “Why can’t an American do this job?” “How do you even answer that question?” David Strashnoy …
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USCIS published new guidance regarding the issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs). NTAs are issued to a noncitizen whom the federal government believes to be removable from the United States. The NTA sets forth the …
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USCIS has just released the visa bulletin for August 2018 which provides for visa availability retrogression in the EB-1 category for worldwide applicants. The visa bulletin determines when adjustment applications can be submitted. For EB-1 …
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A federal judge in Los Angeles will appoint an independent auditor to oversee the treatment of children in immigrant detention facilities. The Friday ruling came a day after the court-imposed deadline for the Trump administration …
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) established a new office in order to identify people who lied on their citizenship applications and to denaturalize them. USCIS is hiring several dozen immigration officers to review …
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A pair of policy memos circulated recently by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may pave the way for sudden visa denials and referrals for deportation, immigration attorneys say. The most recent memo, released last week, …
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