Our office receives this question quite often, and the rules which regulate the topic involve U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Department of...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has created a program to allow certain citizens of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Cuba, and Haiti to be reunited with their family members in the United States while they wait for a green...
In most cases, individuals intending to immigrate to the United States will have to demonstrate that they have adequate means to support themselves without requiring government assistance. In most family-based cases, this support is demonstrated by the petitioner (the individual...
As of August 1, 2023 Covid-19 flexibilities for virtual Form I-9 document review have ended and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new version of Form I-9. The Form I-9 dated "10/19/2019” may continue to be used through Oct. 31,...
On July 27, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it plans to conduct a 2nd H-1B lottery this year. USCIS received a record 780,884 H-1B registrations this year, but concluded that more than half were submitted...
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has implemented the Cash Electronic Bonds Online (CeBONDS). CeBONDS is a web-based system that provides a completely automated, online capability to request verification of bond eligibility, make cash immigration bond payments, and send...
A compelling circumstance EAD is a temporary work authorization that may be issued by USCIS, in its discretion, to certain non-immigrants and their dependents. These individuals must meet a specific criterion, including being the beneficiaries of approved employment-based immigrant visa...
On June 12, 2023, USCIS announced that it is finally expanding premium processing (i.e. expedited processing for an added fee) to applicants who are seeking to change their nonimmigrant status to F, M, and J status. Specifically, the expansion applies...