USCIS Announces Lockbox Filing Flexibilities
The unprecedented lockbox delays from last autumn/winter are well known to both immigration practitioners and clients alike. Our office filed several cases during this time period where USCIS took over[…]
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USCIS Updates Policies to Improve Immigration Services
Slowly but surely, the new Biden-Harris administration continues to unwind the immeasurable damage done by the previous administration and de-construct the invisible wall, brick-by-brick. USCIS announced yesterday several policy updates[…]
Return Travel on Recently Expired U.S. Passports
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued new guidance yesterday regarding U.S. citizens returning from travel abroad with expired passports. Specifically, U.S. citizens who currently find themselves overseas with passports[…]
June 2021 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The June 2021 Visa Bulletin was released earlier this morning and we are happy to report that we once again saw steady to significant forward movement in most categories, particularly[…]
USCIS Confirms it will Suspend Biometrics for H-4, L-2, and other Categories
USCIS announced today that, beginning May 17, 2021, they will suspend biometrics requirements for H-4, L-2, and certain E nonimmigrant categories, as the agency works to reduce the unprecedented backlog[…]
USCIS Issues Policy Guidance on Deference to Previous Decisions
Finally some great news that immigration practitioners everywhere, particularly those focused on business immigration, were hoping for. USCIS announced this morning their reversion back to their prior policy on deference,[…]
May 2021 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The May 2021 Visa Bulletin was released this afternoon. Once again we saw steady movement in most categories, and EB1 India and EB1 China continue to remain current. USCIS has[…]
Presidential Proclamation 10052 Expiration
Presidential Proclamation 10052 (Trump’s visa ban targeting employment-based immigration from June 2020, which prevented the entry into the U.S. of certain H-1B, H-2B, J, and L visa holders) finally expired[…]
April 2021 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The April 2021 Visa Bulletin was released late afternoon today, the first time in many, many moons that it has come out before the 20th of the month (hopefully another[…]
USCIS May Reopen H-1B Petitions Denied Under Three Rescinded Policy Memos
50 or so days into the new Biden administration and we are beginning to see some real policy changes and a return to normalcy, a welcome occurrence after the undue[…]