by admin | Oct 24, 2018 | General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising guidance for the validity period of Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. Generally, all applicants who file for an adjustment of status to a lawful permanent resident...
by admin | Oct 11, 2018 | General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a statement on September 21, 2018 regarding Canada’s legalization of marijuana and crossing the border. According the statement, Canada’s legalization of marijuana does not affect CBP’s enforcement of the...
by admin | Oct 11, 2018 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, F-1/M-1, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), foreign nationals who currently have F-1 status with a pending H-1B petition on October 1, 2018 are at risk of accruing unlawful presence if they continue to work on or after October 1...
by admin | Oct 1, 2018 | Bulletin, Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its October 2018 Visa Bulletin. Most notably, there were significant advancements for all priority dates across the board. EB-1-Worldwide: China: Priority date of June 1, 2016 (Advancement of 1614 days)...
by admin | Oct 1, 2018 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
On September 6, 2018, the Office of the CIS Ombudsman hosted a teleconference on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy updates of Requests for Evidence (RFEs) and Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs) that was issued on July 13, 2018. Our...
by admin | Oct 1, 2018 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
On September 27, 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) hosted a teleconference to discuss the new guidance regarding issuances of Notices to Appear (NTAs) that was issued on June 28, 2018. What is a Notice to Appear? Form I-862, Notice...
by admin | Sep 15, 2018 | General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
Last month, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) published an article detailing recent reports that some consular offices (COs) have been endorsing fewer than three (3) Forms I-129S in spite of 9 FAM 402.12-8(F)(b) guidelines/instructions which state...
by admin | Sep 12, 2018 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
In a National Foundation for American Policy Brief released this month, the Foundation tracked the statistical effects of recent immigration policy changes made under the Trump Administration. Below, we’ve included data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...
by admin | Sep 11, 2018 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
Our offices received a copy of a recent Request for Evidence (RFE) for a third preference EB-3 employment-based I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers that appears to signal a change in adjudication practices for the United States Citizenship and Immigration...
by admin | Sep 1, 2018 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
On August 31, 2018, the United States and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they are adjusting the premium processing fee for Form I-129 and I-140. Beginning on October 1, 2018, the premium processing fee will increase from the current fee of $1,225 to...
