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...
The October 2023 Visa Bulletin was released on Friday, September 15, 2023 and contained some good news for EB-5 Investors. List B - Dates for Filing Available The key change is that List B (Dates For Filing) is now available for China and India's "unreserved EB-5" category....
On August 15, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited a total of 4,300 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence in its 14 th All Program draws for this year. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cut-off was 496 Points. Candidates from the...
