The White House announced today that it plans to ease the COVID-19-related travel restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers from the following countries by early November 2021.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its October 2021 Visa Bulletin. October 1 marks the start of the new fiscal year so all the immigrant visa categories typically benefit from new visa numbers and most immigrant visa applicants see progress in their place in line for permanent residence.
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The Department of Homeland Security has extended Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for nationals of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan from October 4, 2021 to December 31, 2022. This extension is a result of several federal court orders that temporarily prevent DHS from terminating TPS for nationals of these countries.
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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.
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For 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.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its September 2021 Visa Bulletin. Priority dates for both employment-based and family-based petitions are detailed below.
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USCIS selected additional H-1B lottery registrations from the registrations that were not selected in March 2021.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its August 2021 Visa Bulletin. Priority dates for both employment-based and family-based petitions are detailed below.
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The 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.
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