Navigating Complex U.S. Immigration Laws
Good news. The Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that starting today, July 13, 2015, it will again accept premium processing requests (Form I-907 Requests for Premium Processing Service) for H-1B extension of stay petitions.
This is ahead of schedule because USCIS had estimated that H-1B extension of stay premium processing would be temporarily suspended until July …
The Department of State (DOS) has issued an updated alert to report that 165 posts, representing more than 85% of the nonimmigrant visa demand worldwide, are now online and issuing visas.
On June 25, 2015, DOS updated their alert with the following language:
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Beginning June 9, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began publishing processing times for certain benefits processed at its international offices and International Operations Division headquarters. Currently, processing times for Forms I-130, I-131, and I-730 are available online. According to USCIS, if the field office completed less than 10 cases of one of these…
The US Department of State (State Department or DOS) computer systems are not expected to be online again before next week after experiencing “technological systems issues” (a hardware failure) on June 9th. This information came from the State Department yesterday, June 17th, in an update following their initial announcement regarding the…
The State Department continues to report that “technical problems” with overseas systems preventing the Bureau of Consular Affairs from issuing visas, passports and other travel documents, since last week.
Most U.S. Consulates and Embassies websites contain this (or similar posting):
“The Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs is currently experiencing technical problems with our…
The US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has updated its May 19, 2015 alert announcing temporary suspension of premium processing for certain H-1B petitions. http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-temporarily-suspends-premium-processing-extension-stay-h-1b-petitions
Here are the highlights:
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You’ve likely been flooded with information regarding H-1B season from multiple sources. Yesterday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) issued its own information(http://www.uscis.gov/news/uscis-will-accept-h-1b-petitions-fiscal-year-2016-beginning-april-1-2015) regarding Fiscal Year 2016 (FY 2016) H-1B petitions.
Here is a summary:
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National Visa Center (NVC) was previously the domestic point of contact for all immigrant (i.e. permanent residence or ‘green card’) visa cases being processed through a U.S. Embassy or Consulate outside of the United States. Beginning on Monday, January 12, 2015, the NVC is also the point of contact for all domestic inquiries regarding nonimmigrant …
Charles (“Charlie”) Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, U.S. Department of State, shares his analysis of current trends and future projections for the various immigrant preference categories with AILA (the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association).
Below are highlights from the most recent “check-in with Charlie”, reflecting his analysis of current trends and future …
The US Government recently streamlined procedures for E visa applications, allowing easier and quicker cross-border travel to the US from Canada. Applicants applying to renew their E visas may now submit minimal supporting documentation to the consulate, whereas, previously, the consulate required in depth evidence and material prior to setting up a visa appointment. You …
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