The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) released its updated processing times as of September 1, 2016. As of that date, the average processing time for the review of all forms is six months or less. However, the AAO may take longer than six months due to
On September 23, 2016, the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) swore in 15 new immigration judges. With the new appointments, the EOIR announced that it now has a record high 291 immigration judges.
The USCIS determined that adjustment of status applicants in both the family-sponsored and employment-based cases may use the dates for filing from the October 2016 Visa Bulletin. In order to file for AOS in October, an applicant must have an approved IV
In the Matter of Zaragoza-Vaquero, 26 I&N Dec. 814 (BIA 2016), the BIA held that a federal conviction for criminal copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. 506(a)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. 2319(b)(1) is a crime of moral turpitude. A key point was that the statute
The USCIS announced two important updates to the procedures for filing the Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. These changes were made now that the Form N-400 is processed electronically, and apply to all applicants who do not reside overseas.
On May 21, 2017, the TPS designations for Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone will terminate. To ensure an orderly transition before then, the DHS is extending TPS benefits and TPS EADs for beneficiaries from these countries through May 20, 2017. This exten
On Apr. 1, 2011, the DHS limited removals to Haiti to those with final orders of removal who were either convicted of a particularly serious crime or who posed a national security threat. On Sep. 22, 2016, the DHS announced that it would treat enforcement
On Sep. 19, the DHS Inspector General (IG) released a report that found that the USCIS improperly granted citizenship to at least 858 persons from “special interest countries” who had been previously ordered deported or removed under another name. The IG
This article includes the final action dates and dates for filing from the October 2016 Visa Bulletin, including information for those filing adjustment of status applications.e:summary
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