On January 3, 2023, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a proposed rule to adjust certain immigration and naturalization filing fees. If implemented, applicants will have to pay significantly more for immigrant filings. The proposed rule is subject to a 60-day comment...
On January 3, 2023, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a proposed rule to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. If implemented, applicants will have to pay significantly more for immigrant filings. The proposed rule is subject to a 60-day...
On January 11, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited a total of 5,500 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence in its 1 st All Program draws for this year. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) was 507 Points. Candidates from the Federal...
WASHINGTON, DC, January 5, 2023 — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. USCIS states that its fee increase will “allow USCIS to more fully recover its operating costs, reestablish and...
Washington, D.C., January 5, 2023: USCIS just released Form I-956K to enable third party promoters of EB-5 investments to register with USCIS. Registration is now required by each person acting as a direct or third-party promoter (including migration agents). Direct or third party promoters who...
On December 15, 2022, James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA) was passed by Congress. Thereafter, on December 23, 2022, NDAA was signed by the President and NDAA enacted into law. The NDAA, which is also called the Omnibus Bill authorizes...
Toronto, December 19, 2022: Canada's Start-Up Visa Program ("SUV") has grown tremendously in popularity from 2019 until the present. Over that period of time, processing times by Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada ("IRCC") has jumped from approximately 18 months to close to 36 months. In practice,...
Toronto, December 5, 2022: On November, 16, 2022, Canada replaced the National Occupation Classification (NOC) system with the TEER (Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities) categories. to Replace NOC—Understanding the Changes to Canada’s National Occupational Classification. Immigration, Refugee, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) uses the TEERs system to determine...
Canada is now using NOC 2021 to classify occupations for immigration and temporary residence applications. The changes are now in effect and have major implications for people who are applying for permanent residency, work permits, and those who have profiles in the Express Entry system. There are...
