Effective September 4, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immgration Services (USCIS) will issue receipt notices for petitions to remove conditions on permanent residence with a validity period of 24 months beyond the expiry of the conditional green cards.
Read MoreFor employers who continue to operate remotely, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) has once again extended the ability of employers to remotely verify a new employee’s identity and employment authorization documents for Form I-9 purposes through December 31, 2021.
Read MoreThe Department of State (DOS) has issued its September 2021 Visa Bulletin. Priority dates for both employment-based and family-based petitions are detailed below.
Read MoreUSCIS selected additional H-1B lottery registrations from the registrations that were not selected in March 2021.
Read MoreThe Department of State (DOS) has issued its August 2021 Visa Bulletin. Priority dates for both employment-based and family-based petitions are detailed below.
Read MoreThe State Department announced yesterday that it will extend the validity of National Interest Exceptions (NIE) for travelers from Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, the Schengen area, South Africa, and the United Kingdom from 30 days to 12 months and authorize the NIEs for multiple entries instead of a single entry. This new guidance applies retroactively, meaning that anyone who has received an NIE in the past year will have it automatically extended for one year from the date of approval and authorized for multiple entries, so long as the NIE is used for the purpose under which it was granted.
Read MoreThe Department of State (DOS) has issued its July 2021 Visa Bulletin. Priority dates for both employment-based and family-based petitions are detailed below. Most significant movement happens for employment-based category 3 for nationals of India with a 14-month advancement in priority dates.
Read MoreEarlier this week, the State Department released additional guidance on the restrictions for travelers from Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, the Schengen Area, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
Read MoreAs employers reopen their offices and employees return to work in-person, DHS has provided further guidance on how employers can complete Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, for employees who continue to work remotely. Specifically, DHS clarifies that employers do not need to have 100% of their staff tele-working in order to remotely verify an employee’s work authorization (new hire or those who need to have their work authorization re-checked) so long as that employee continues to work remotely. However, once that employee begins to work in-person at the office on a “regular, consistent, or predictable basis,” then in-person inspection of employment authorization documents is required within three business days.
