Washington, D.C., April 2, 2024: Donoso & Partners, a law firm renowned for its work in the EB-5 program, has been receiving a steady flow of I-526E approvals for new EB-5 visa petitions filed in 2022 and 2023 (after passage of the EB5 Reform and...
On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule that increases the fees for many EB-5-related forms. The new fee structure will take effect starting April 1, 2024. A press release from USCIS can be read here. Just over...
Announces FY 2025 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Period and Online Filing of H-1B Petitions
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a final rule to strengthen the integrity of and reduce the potential for fraud in the H-1B registration process, including by reducing the potential...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees for the first time since 2016. The final rule will allow USCIS to recover a greater share of its operating costs and support...
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. The new fees would allow USCIS to more fully recover its operating costs, reestablish and maintain timely case processing, and prevent the...
Washington, D.C., Sept. 28, 2023: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services launched a new Enterprise Change of Address (E-COA) self-service tool to allow customers to update their address with USCIS more easily.
With E-COA, most individuals with a USCIS online account can update their mailing and physical...
Washington, DC, October 12, 2023: USCIS issued a new policy statement providing important new guidance on the EB-5 sustainment period:
1.2-YEAR SUSTAINMENT PERIOD
We are providing additional guidance on our interpretation of changes to the EB-5 program in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) made by the...
Washington, D.C., September 27, 2022: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services yesterday updated the guidance in the Policy Manual to increase the maximum validity period to 5 years for initial and renewal Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). The change applies to both initial and renewal EAD applications in the...
October 2023 Visa Bulletin showed EB1 visas for China crawled forward, while EB1 for India moved forward significantly.
China's EB1 Final Action Dates (List A) moved forward two weeks: from February 1, 2022 to February 15, 2022. China's EB1 Dates for Filing (List B) also moved...