Citizenship of Child Born Abroad to Unwed U.S. Citizens
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently has updated its policy manual to include new requirements for the automatic acquisition of citizenship for certain children born abroad to...
View ArticleUSCIS Updates EB5 Section of Policy Manual
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently updated the section of its online policy manual that discusses the employment-based, fifth preference (EB5) immigrant investor visa...
View ArticleUSCIS Using More Secure Delivery Service for Certain Immigration Documents
Effective April 30, 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began phasing in the use of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) signature confirmation restricted delivery service to send certain...
View ArticleLegal Representation During Green Card and Naturalization Interviews
Lawful permanent residents (LPRs, or “green card” holders) applying to naturalize, and various different categories of I-485 adjustment-of-status applicants, are required to attend U.S. Citizenship and...
View ArticlePredictions for EB2 / EB3 India Cutoff Dates
Last night, Charles Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division for the U.S. Department of State (DOS), was the featured speaker at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)...
View ArticleUSCIS Publishes Report on FY17 H1B Petition Filings
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published the annual report for fiscal year (FY) 2017 that details characteristics of H1B petitions. FY17 ran from October 1, 2016 through...
View ArticleMemo of Understanding Between USCIS and DOJ to Better Detect Fraud and Abuse
Recently, the Employee Rights Section (IER) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate (FDNS) of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...
View ArticleUSCIS Policy Update on the Child Status Protection Act
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently updated its online policy guidance related to the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). The USCIS update to the online policy manual...
View ArticleP-1 Visas for Internationally Recognized Entertainment Groups
The P-1 nonimmigrant visa category is divided into two subcategories: P1A, which is reserved for internationally recognized athletes, and P1B, which is available to members of an internationally...
View ArticleUSCIS Reminder: OPT Terminates upon Transfer to New School or Change in...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued a notice, reminding stakeholders that optional practical training (OPT) work authorization automatically terminates if the F-1...
View ArticleJuly 2018 Visa Bulletin: Modest Advancement for EB2 and EB3 India
The July 2018 Visa Bulletin has been released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS). As predicted, the cutoff dates for India in both the employment-based, second preference (EB2) and the...
View ArticleUSCIS Changes Policy on Service Requests for EAD Applications Pending Beyond...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently confirmed that it no longer automatically accepts service requests from applicants whose I-765 applications for employment authorization...
View ArticleCurrent Administration & Immigration
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View ArticleProposed Removal of the International Entrepreneur Program
As has been anticipated, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed rule to terminate the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER). This rule allows a foreign national to apply to be...
View ArticleDOL Memo on Roving Employees Remains in Effect
Although the website for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) was recently updated to indicate that a key memorandum on roving employees was “canceled,” the DOL has since then confirmed that the memo...
View ArticleNewsFlash! Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the travel ban implemented by President Trump in September 2017 was a permissible exercise of his authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act...
View ArticleTrump Administration Imposes New Restrictions on Asylum for Victims of Violence
Recently, Attorney General Jeff Sessions vacated a 2016 Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision and issued a new decision that will severely limit the circumstances under which victims of violence...
View ArticleSEVP Broadcast Message on OPT Volunteer Work
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), which is part of the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE), recently released a broadcast message reminding all students on optional practical...
View ArticleMurthy Success: I-485 Approved Based on “Approvable When Filed” Argument
The Murthy Law Firm is pleased to report on the recent, hard-fought approval of another I-485 adjustment-of-status (commonly, “green card”) application. Represented by another law firm for the I-485...
View ArticleNewsFlash! USCIS to Place Far More Foreign Nationals in Removal Proceeding,...
Thursday evening, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memo that appears to greatly expand the situations in which a foreign national is to be issued a notice to appear...
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