Editorial credit: christianthiel.net / Shutterstock.com WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a final rule to strengthen the ...
USCIS Re-Issues Temporary Rule to Extend Work Permits for 800,000 Immigrant Workers
Editorial credit: ezellhphotography / Shutterstock.com By Adriel Orozco | Immigration Impact Thousands of immigrant workers with pending work permit renewals, and their employers, breathed a sigh of r...
Important Information about Filing for Asylum with USCIS
Effective May 9, 2024, we will reject affirmative asylum applications improperly filed at service centers instead of at the lockbox with jurisdiction over your place of residence. We announced this c...
USCIS Increases Automatic Extension of Certain Employment Authorization Documents to Improve Access to Work Permits
Editorial credit: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com WASHINGTON— Building on extensive modernization efforts that have streamlined and improved access to work permits for eligible noncitizens, U...
STEM-Related Petitions Increase Following USCIS’ Updated Policy Guidance
By Karen Aho | Immigration Impact A recent analysis by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) found that the number of petitions by, or on behalf of, foreign-born workers in the fields of s...
Policy Manual Update: Clarifying Expedite Requests
Editorial credit: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Thursday, March 21 announced that we are updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clar...
Completing an Unprecedented 10 Million Immigration Cases in Fiscal Year 2023, USCIS Reduced Its Backlog for the First Time in Over a Decade
Editorial credit: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com WASHINGTON— Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is releasing end of fiscal year (FY) 2023 data that illustrate the agency’s prog...
USCIS Finalizes Increase in Fees for Immigration-Related Applications
By Adriel Orozco | Immigration Impact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) finalized its long-awaited fee rule on January 30, which impacts the filing costs for almost all the agency’...
USCIS Issues Policy Guidance on “Ability to Pay” Requirement When Adjustment of Status Applicants Change Employers
Editorial credit: Walter Cicchetti / Shutterstock.com U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on January 5 issued policy guidance on how we analyze an employer’s ability to pay the proffered wag...
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 mast...