U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced the upcoming launch of a package of customer experience improvements for H-1B cap season. The measures are expected to increase efficiency and ease collaboration for organizations and their legal representatives.
USCIS Issues Policy Guidance on “Ability to Pay” Requirement When Adjustment of Status Applicants Change Employers
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today issued policy guidance on how we analyze an employer’s ability to pay the proffered wage for immigrant petitions in certain first, second, and third preference employment-based immigrant visa classifications, including instances when the sponsored...
USCIS Changes Filing Location for Form I-907 for Pending Form I-140
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin transitioning the filing location for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, when filed for a pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, from the service centers to appropriate USCIS lockboxes on Dec. 15.
USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2024 H-1B Cap
USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year (FY) 2024.
DHS Publishes Federal Register Notice Announcing the Extensions of Re-Registration Periods for Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan
Consistent with its September announcement, the Department of Homeland Security today published a Federal Register notice reiterating the extensions of the periods to re-register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the existing designations of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua,...
USCIS Updates Guidance and Clarifies Policy on Family-Based Conditional Permanent Residence
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating guidance on family-based conditional permanent residence in its Policy Manual. The update consolidates and updates guidance on eligibility, filing, and adjudication for Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence.
Tampa Asylum Office Moving to New Location
USCIS’ Tampa Asylum Office is moving to a new location.
USCIS Expands myProgress to Form I-485 and Form I-821
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that we are expanding myProgress (formerly known as personalized processing times) to Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status, and Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. myProgress will...
USCIS Announces Availability of Additional H-2B Visas for Fiscal Year 2024
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Department of Labor (DOL) published a temporary final rule making available an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2024, on top of...
USCIS Changes Filing Location for Form I-907 With Form I-140
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin transitioning the filing location for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, when filed with Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, from the service centers to the USCIS lockbox on Nov. 13.
USCIS Updates Guidance for Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions
Effective immediately, we are updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual for adjudicating Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) petitions.
DHS Announces Countries Eligible for H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State (DOS), has announced the lists of countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B visa programs in the next year.
USCIS Potomac Service Center Will No Longer Accept Paper Responses
As of Aug. 21, 2023, the Potomac Service Center (PSC) has begun to move to a new facility in Camp Springs, MD, and can no longer receive paper responses to correspondence such as Notices of Intent to Deny (NOID), Notices of Intent to Revoke (NOIR), Intents to Deny (ITD), Requests for Evidence (RFE)...
Learn How To Apply for Work Authorization in the United States - EAD Poster
Learn How To Apply for Work Authorization in the United States - QR codes for information in the following languages: Spanish, Haitian Creole, Russian, and Ukrainian.
Important Information About Working Legally in the United States (French)
INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES SUR L’AUTORISATION DE TRAVAIL AUX ÉTATSUNIS
Important Information About Working Legally in the United States (WOLOF)
XIBAAR YU AM SOLO CI WALLU LIGEEY BU ÑU YOONAL CI BIIR ETAASINI
Important Information About Working Legally in the United States (Ukrainian)
ВАЖЛИВА ІНФОРМАЦІЯ ПРО ЛЕГАЛЬНЕ ПРАЦЕВЛАШТУВАННЯ В США
Important Information About Working Legally in the United States (Russian)
ВАЖНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ О ЛЕГАЛЬНОМ ТРУДОУСТРОЙСТВЕ В СОЕДИНЕННЫХ ШТАТАХ
Important Information About Working Legally in the United States (Español)
INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE ACERCA DE CÓMO TRABAJAR LEGALMENTE EN ESTADOS UNIDOS
Important Information About Working Legally in the United States (Haitian Creole)
ENFÒMASYON ENPÒTAN POU TRAVAY LEGALMAN OZETAZINI
Important Information About Working Legally in the United States
You are likely eligible to apply for an employment authorization document (EAD) to legally work in the U.S. if:* You were recently paroled into the U.S. through the parole processes for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV), or after receiving a CBP One App appointment and...
Certain Renewal Applicants for Employment Authorization to Receive Automatic 180 Day Extension
Certain renewal applicants who have filed Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, qualify for an automatic extension of their expiring employment authorization and/or employment authorization documents (EADs) while their renewal application is pending.
Filing Location Change for H-2A, H-2B, CNMI-related Form I-129 Petitions, Form I-129CW Petitions, and CNMI-related Form I-539 Applications
Beginning Nov. 1, 2023, all H-2A, H-2B, CNMI-related Form I-129 petitions, Form I-129CW petitions, and CNMI-related Form I-539 applications must be filed directly at the Texas Service Center.
USCIS Extends Parole by Two Years for Certain Afghan Nationals Under Age 14
USCIS announced today that we will consider two-year extensions of the initial parole period on a case-by-case basis for certain Afghan nationals who:
USCIS Updates Guidance on EB-5 Regional Center Program
We are updating the USCIS Policy Manual with new guidance on the EB-5 Regional Center Program and new content on regional center designation and obligations, project applications, and direct and third-party promoters.
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