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Naturalization Policy Alert for Children
October 1st, 2018
USCIS issues a policy alert on naturalization of children of U.S. citizens On September 26, 2018, USCIS issued policy guidance that amended its policy manual to clarify special naturalization provisions for children. The policy guidance supersedes an…
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Implementaion of New NTA Policy
September 28th, 2018
USCIS Implements New NTA Policy Memorandum Beginning October 1, 2018, USCIS will begin to implement the “Updated Guidance for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTA) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and Deportable Aliens Policy…
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Updated Notice to Appear Guidance
September 27th, 2018
USCIS Teleconference on Notice to Appear Policy USCIS invited AILA members to participate in a teleconference to discuss a policy memorandum on updated guidance on referral cases and issuance of Notice to Appear in cases involving inadmissible and de…
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Charlie Oppenheim's Visa Predictions, September 2018
September 24th, 2018
AILA’s Check-Ins Each month, the American Immigration Lawyers Association checks in with Charlie Oppenheim, the Department of State’s Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, who gives his visa predictions for the near future. With his e…
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October 2018 Visa Bulletin
September 20th, 2018
October 2018 Visa Bulletin U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have published the October 2018 Visa Bulletin. How do I use these charts? Match up your country of birth in the topmost row with your visa application type in the leftmost column. I…
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Revised Form G-28 09/17/18
September 20th, 2018
USCIS Publishes New Version of Form G-28 On September 17, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a new version of form G-28. The new 09/17/18 version is not substantially different from previous versions of the form. It only removed t…
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Visa Reciprocity Changes
September 20th, 2018
DOS Updates Visa Reciprocity As of September 17, 2018, the Department of State has updated its visa reciprocity tables. Since our last update about reciprocity changes, six countries have experienced changes. September 17 Dominica: Updated Death Cert…
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DOL’s Hurricane Florence Guidance
September 19th, 2018
The Disaster that was Hurricane Florence Late last week, Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wilmington, N.C. It then proceeded to dump trillions of gallons of water on the Carolinas as it very slowly worked its way inland and north in a hook-like…
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EB-1 Visa Availability
September 12th, 2018
EB-1 Visa Still Face Backlog The American Immigration Lawyers Association issued its members a practice alert that EB-1 Worldwide visa are subject to final action dates beginning in October. USCIS expect to make little headway before December 2018. T…
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An Increase to the Premium Processing Fee
September 11th, 2018
Premium Processing Fee Set to Increase The premium processing fee will increase on October 1, 2018 by roughly 15% to reflect inflation in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The Department of Homeland Security announced its final rule on August 31, raisi…
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