Agency suggests timely filing of extension of stay application to avoid immigration consequences of pandemic.
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Immigration lawyers body demands immediate suspension of all deadlines during lockdown.
Premium processing for all Form 1-129 and 1-140 petitions stands suspended until further notice due to pandemic.
Cost saving initial registration from March 1 to March 20.
Purpose of immigration system is to improve U.S. economy first, says acting director.
The premium processing fee would be raised to $1,440 beginning November 29, 2019.
Houston law firm Reddy & Neumann says USCIS is misusing authority when it issues a short-term H-1B visa.
Should the USCIS decides to terminate H4 EAD, there will be a public comment period.
Cuccinelli, recently appointed by Trump, is known for his anti-immigrant stance.
Everything that you need to know about the new H4 biometric requirement.
OMB decision on scrapping the work permits of H-1B spouses was expected in spring.
It is taking USCIS up to 8 and a half months to adjudicate H4 extension and H4 EAD applications.
ITServe Alliance challenges high rate of H-1B rejections and partial denials.
USCIS received over 201,000 H-1B petitions, nearly 11,000 more than last year.
Petitioners who have received a request for evidence “should include the RFE response with the premium processing request,” USCIS says.
ITServe Alliance challenges USCIS policy of approving short-term visas.
Suspension of premium processing to cover more H-1B petitions; The agency says the move is to reduce delay.
The suit, filed in a New Jersey court, the policy memo harms their “ability to compete.”
The move to sue the federal government is seen as the latest in a long series of measures adopted by organizations that feel H-1B workers are stealing American jobs.
The agency said that nearly all employees are confirmed as work-authorized instantly or within 24 hours. Earlier, such information could be gathered through USCIS website but it was not centralized.
USCIS will not refund the filing fees of employers who indulged in filing multiple or duplicative H-1B petitions.
The immigration agency said that the applicants should update their address with the agency within 10 days of relocation.
Crackdown and increased scrutiny result in fewer cold hiring.
The agency has temporarily suspended the premium processing services to reduce the overall processing time of the H-1B petitions.
H-1B visa applications including words like ‘ASAP,’ ‘subject to approval’ will end up being rejected, says the immigration agency.