The USCIS National Benefits Center (NBC) released its most recent immigration forms processing time information. This post contains the average processing times as of June 30, 2016.
The USCIS’s Immigrant Investor Program Office released its new processing time report. The report shows the average processing time of three EB5 forms as of June 30, 2016.
The AAO released its AAO case processing times as of July 1, 2016. The AAO may review an unfavorable USCIS action after the USCIS conducts an initial field review.
On July 28, 2016, the DHS Office of Inspector General announced that it completed three rounds of its program of unannounced inspections of CBP and ICE detention facilities. The OIG will eventually incorporate the results of its inspections into a public
For adjustment of status applications filed in September of 2016, USCIS determined that the application final action dates from the DOS Visa Bulletin must be used for all applications. An alien with an approved immigrant visa petition may file for adjustm
The Department of State (DOS) released its new Visa Bulletin for September 2016. The Visa Bulletin includes final action dates and filing dates for family-sponsored and employment-based cases. The USCIS will determine whether applicants for adjustment of
In a peculiar illegal immigration story, two Canadian citizen teenagers inadvertently committed an illegal border crossing into the USA while playing Pokémon Go.
On August 8, 2016, the BIA invited interested parties to file amicus briefs regarding whether there is a duress exception to the persecutor of others bars to asylum (INA 208(b)(2)(A)(i)) and to withholding of removal (INA 241(b)(3)(B)(i)). The BIA will be
On July 28, 2016, the EOIR published a proposed rule (81 FR 49556) that sets to create standards for reopening immigration proceedings based on ineffective assistance of counsel claims. The EOIR will accept public comments on the proposal until September
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