U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today it will accept resubmitted fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap-subject petitions that were rejected or administratively closed solely because the r...
USCIS Updates Policies to Improve Immigration Services
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued new policy updates in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the criteria and circumstances for expedited processing; improve request fo...
Another Trump Barrier Broken as DHS Withdraws Two Proposed Rules for Limiting Access to Legal Immigration
Former-President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla. – Orlando, FL\USA- Feb 28, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Leslie Dellon, Immigration Im...
ICYMI: The Biden Administration Presses a Pathway to Citizenship as an Urgent Priority
Marchers demanding the Biden administration make progress on immigration reform, head to a rally near the US Capitol. March began at Black Lives Matter Plaza. Washington D.C. – May 1, 2021 (Shut...
Problems at USCIS Persist, Despite Biden’s Progress on Immigration in His First 100 Days
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact When President Biden took office, he inherited a legal immigration system that was teetering on the brink of collapse. Delays within U.S. Citizenship and ...
As Federal Agency Heads Review Naturalization Barriers, NPNA Offers Recommendations on Making Citizenship Accessible to All
WASHINGTON – By this Saturday, the departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and State must develop a plan to improve the naturalization process, as required by an executive order signed by Pres...
USCIS May Reopen H-1B Petitions Denied Under Three Rescinded Policy Memos
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office located in Silicon Valley; USCIS is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – Nov 20, 2019 Santa Clara / CA / USA (Sh...
New Designation Allows Eligible Venezuelans to Apply for TPS and Employment Authorization Documents
Concentration of thousands of people in the streets with Venezuelan flags – Caracas, Venezuela – 12 February 2019 (Shutterstock) WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Ma...
The Tens of Thousands of Essential Worker TPS Holders Increase Urgency to Pass the American Dream & Promise Act
Protest for DACA and TPS march in Battery Park NYC. Immigrant protesters. – New York / USA – October 2019 By AV Press Releases 131,000 TPS Holders from El Salvador, Haiti, and Honduras are...
U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021: Impossible or Possible?
Impossible or possible? What are the possibilities for immigration reform in the United States? President Biden’s immigration reform proposed bill, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, could change...