Immigration News

USCIS Changes Fee Payment Process for Filing In-Person

Release Date 01/26/2024 We are starting a new process for most applicants, petitioners, and requestors, and their attorneys and accredited representatives to pay for certain benefit request forms by...

Secretary Mayorkas Announces Extension and Redesignation of Syria for Temporary Protected Status

Release Date 01/26/2024 Redesignation Allows Additional Eligible Syrian Nationals to Apply for TPS and Employment Authorization Documents  WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N...

USCIS Updates Guidance on Untimely Filed Extension of Stay and Change of Status Requests

Release Date 01/24/2024 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced an update to its Policy Manual providing that USCIS, in our discretion and under certain conditions, may excuse a...

Cap Reached for Additional Returning Worker H-2B Visas for the First Half of FY 2024

Release Date 01/12/2024 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 20,716 H-2B visas made available for returning workers for the first...

USCIS to Launch Organizational Accounts, Enabling Online Collaboration and Submission of H-1B Registrations

Release Date 01/12/2024 Will Also Introduce Online Filing for I-129 H-1B Petitions and H-1B I-907 Premium Processing Service  WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced...

USCIS Issues Policy Guidance on “Ability to Pay” Requirement When Adjustment of Status Applicants Change Employers

Release Date 01/05/2024 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today issued policy guidance (PDF, 322.3 KB) on how we analyze an employer’s ability to pay the proffered wage for immigrant...

USCIS Announces Inflation Adjustment to Premium Processing Fees

Release Date 12/27/2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a final rule that will increase the filing fee for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, to adjust for...

USCIS Updates Policy Guidance for International Students

Release Date 12/20/2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the F and M student nonimmigrant classifications, including the agency’s role in...

USCIS Changes Filing Location for Form I-907 for Pending Form I-140

Release Date 12/13/2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin transitioning the filing location for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, when filed for a pending Form I-140...