The El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) was one of two El Paso businesses that joined Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) IMAGE, or Mutual Agreement between Government Employers program, Dec. 19.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the F and M student nonimmigrant classifications, including the agency’s role in adjudicating applications for employment authorization, change of status, extension of stay, and reinstatement of status for these...
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HSI Baltimore Special Agents Milton Lynn and Michael Gonzalez and Task Force Officer Thomas Seabolt were presented with the Baltimore County Police Department’s Police Chief’s Award on Nov. 29 at the Baltimore County Police Department Headquarters in Towsend, Maryland.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced today the selections of Daniel A. Bible as the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Executive Associate Director and Russell Hott as the ERO Deputy Executive Associate Director. ERO is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge...
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Management and Administration
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced today the selections of Daniel A. Bible as the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Executive Associate Director and Russell Hott as the ERO Deputy Executive Associate Director. ERO is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge...
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Management and Administration
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.
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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.
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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,...
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USCIS
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today a change in the filing location for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, for currently pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, as part of efforts to increase efficiency by reducing USCIS’ footprint at the...
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On Dec. 13, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a Federal Register notice announcing the extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) re-registration periods for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan from 60 days to the full designation extension period...
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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.
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USCIS released the end of fiscal year (FY) 2023 data that illustrates the agency’s progress in meeting its strategic priorities. Over the past year, our workforce has successfully reduced backlogs, improved the customer experience, strengthened employment-based immigration, and addressed...
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USCIS’ Tampa Asylum Office is moving to a new location.
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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...
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USCIS
On Nov. 21, we announced the availability of myProgress (formerly known as personalized processing times) for Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, and Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status.
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In January 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its policy guidance to clarify how certain professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can demonstrate eligibility for (a) the National Interest Waiver (NIW) in an employment-based...
Fact Sheets
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Foreign students and other nonimmigrants obtaining certain skills may change the purpose of their visit while in the United States. To do this, they must file a request with USCIS to change their nonimmigrant status. This is called seeking a Change of Status. This fact sheet shows the nonimmigrant...
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced implementation of a new family reunification parole (FRP) process for certain nationals of Ecuador.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) together with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a joint temporary final rule to increase the number of H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2024.
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Stakeholder Messages
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...
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a Federal Register notice implementing a new family reunification parole (FRP) process for Ecuador, advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s successful combination of expanded lawful pathways and strengthened enforcement to reduce...
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News Releases
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.
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Effective immediately, we are updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual for adjudicating Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) petitions.
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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.
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