Submitted by Eliza Grinberg on November 19, 2019 - 10:07am
On November 13, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed a new rule in the Federal Register titled “Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants.”
On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the Visa Bulletin for November 2019, containing the dates for filing and final action dates for family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant visa petitions during the month. On October 18, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) determined that both family-sponsored and employment-based beneficiaries of approved immigrant visa petitions in the preference categories must use the more favorable filing dates to determine eligibility to file for adjustment of status in November 2019.
On November 8, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new final rule in the Federal Register providing for a $10 H1B registration fee.
Submitted by Eliza Grinberg on November 11, 2019 - 9:36am
On November 2, 2019, Judge Michael Simon of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump Administration from implementing President Donald Trump’s Executive Order requiring many intending immigrants to establish either that they have health insurance or they otherwise have the means to pay for foreseeable health care costs.
On October 21, 2019, President Donald Trump announced that he will name Chad Wolf the new Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, replacing the current Acting Director, Kevin McAleenan. Wolf will take over as Acting Secretary after Veteran’s Day.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is raising the premium processing fee for certain employment-based immigration petitions on November 29, 2019.
Submitted by Eliza Grinberg on October 31, 2019 - 10:15am
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on October 24, 2019, that it has begun producing new security-enhanced U.S. travel documents.
An interesting article posted on the Forbes website examines an increase in the denials of petitions for initial H1B employment and for continuing H1B employment.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) released its case completion statistics for fiscal year 2019 on October 10, 2019. From October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2019, the EOIR completed more than 275,000 cases. This is the second highest number of completed cases in EOIR’s history, and roughly 80,000 more completed cases than fiscal year 2018.
