Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of State (DOS) has initiated a rule-making process for the visa renewal within U.S. DOS’s draft Federal Register notice, “Pilot Program to Resume Renewal of H-1B Nonimmigrant Visas in the United States for Certain Qualified Noncitizens,” is currently under review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), a division[Read More]
Legal Alerts
USCIS Issues New Instructions for Filing Asylum Applications with USCIS After EOIR Dismissal or Termination of Removal Proceedings
Washington, D.C., USCIS is issuing new instructions for asylum applications submitted by individuals whose removal proceedings were dismissed or terminated by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). Effective Oct. 16, 2023, if EOIR dismissed or terminated your removal proceedings and you choose to pursue a claim for asylum, you must submit a current version[Read More]
ICE Form I-9 requirement flexibility ends on July 31, 2023 which granted employers more time to comply
Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced that the U.S. employers will have 30 days to reach compliance with the Form I-9 requirements after the COVID-19 flexibilities ends on July 31, 2023. ICE had annouced this flexibility for the first time on March 2020 and subsequently extended[Read More]
Continuation of TPS and related documentation for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras and Nepal’s TPS beneficiaries
Washington, D.C. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a Federal Register Notice on November 16, 2022. With this notice, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is automatically extending the validity of certain Temporary Protected Status (TPS) related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); Notices of Action (Forms I-797); and Arrival/Departure Records (Forms I-94), (collectively “TPS-related documentation”)[Read More]
National Interest Waivers (NIW) for Advanced Degree Professionals or Persons of Exceptional Ability
Washington, D.C. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual guidance on adjudicating national interest waiver requests along with I-140 petition, including special considerations for persons with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields and entrepreneurs. USCIS is now clarifying how the national interest waiver can be used[Read More]
ICE announces extension on new employee guidance to I-9 compliance flexibility
Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, the DHS will extend this policy until April 30, 2022. The current extension includes guidance[Read More]
DHS agrees to Employment Authorization-related Settlement Agreement with H-4 and L-2 Spouses
AILA and its litigation partners, enters into a settlement agreement with the DHS in Shergill, et al. v. Mayorkas, which provides changes for nonimmigrant H-4 and L-2 spouses suffering from long-delayed processing times for the processing of applications for employment authorization. L-2 nonimmigrant spouses will, after 120 days, enjoy work authorization incident to status. In[Read More]
President Biden issued a proclamation resuming the global travel into the U.S. effective from November 8, 2021
President Biden has issued a presidential proclamation (P.P.) resuming the global travel into the U.S. effective from November 8, 2021, at 12:01 am (ET). The proclamation moves away from country-by-country travel restrictions and adopts an air travel policy that relies primarily on vaccination (accepted COVID-19 vaccines), with limited exceptions. The memo states: This proclamation governs[Read More]
ICE announces extension, new employee guidance to I-9 compliance flexibility
Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, the DHS will extend this policy until August 31, 2021. The current extension includes guidance[Read More]
DHS Announces Continuation of International Entrepreneur Parole Program
Washington, D.C. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced today that the Department of Homeland Security is withdrawing a 2018 notice of proposed rulemaking that proposed to remove the International Entrepreneur program from DHS regulations. The International Entrepreneur (IE) parole program, first introduced in 2017, will remain a viable program for foreign entrepreneurs to create[Read More]