USCIS Averts Furlough of Nearly 70% of Workforce
After months of uncertainty, USCIS confirmed today that, for the time being, it has managed to avoid furloughing nearly 70% of its workforce, at least through the remainder of this[…]
Category: News Updates
Breaking: I-944 Public Charge Forms- On Again
In this on-again, off-again legal battle regarding ‘public charge’, we’re in the on-again state of affairs I’m afraid. Today, the federal court in the Second circuit lifted the nationwide injunction[…]
DOS updates National Interest Exceptions on Various Visa Bans
Copied from the Department of State website: National Interest Exceptions to Presidential Proclamations (10014 & 10052) Suspending the Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Presenting a Risk to the United States[…]
Public Charge Update: No I-944 Required for Green Card Applications
A New York federal judge imposed an injunction on the public charge rule yesterday. As a result, USCIS has updated its website confirming that adjudications will revert back to old[…]
BREAKING: Trump Administration Drops Pandemic Student Visa Policy
In a surprising move, today the Trump Administration pulled back on its previously issued student visa policy, which would have prevented foreign students from remaining in the U.S. to complete[…]
Student visas: In-person classes or face deportation
Covid19 has given the administration the perfect vehicle for dismantling our immigration system one visa category at a time. The latest casualty, in quick succession to the previous one (see[…]
July Newsletter from Watson Immigration Law
Dear Readers, We hope you are staying safe wherever you are in the world. The below newsletter was sent over the last weekend. But since then, the administration has put[…]
USCIS Fee Increase- Here Is What The Increased Fees List Will Look Like
Many of you may remember one of our previous blog posts on USCIS proposed fee increase last year- well, it is time to pay attention again. USCIS is likely to[…]
BREAKING: Trump To Suspend Work Visas Through 2020
After days of rumors and anxiety, Trump dropped another immigration-related Executive Order today suspending the entry of nonimmigrants to the United States. An extension and expansion of his previous Executive[…]
USCIS Provides Greater Flexibility in Processing Work Authorization Requests for Asylum Applicants
USCIS is up to its old tricks again. It truly boggles the mind how they can announce a policy under the guise of providing “flexibility” when the reality is that[…]