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AILA‘s Department of State (DOS) Liaison Committee checks in each month with Charlie Oppenheim, the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at DOS for updates about Visa Bulletin progress. Oppenheim also provides an analysis of current… Read More

Effective as of September 4, 2021, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) extended the time period from 18 month to 24 months for petitioners filing the Form I-752 and I-829 to use receipt notices as evidence of status. This exten… Read More

Yesterday AILA’s EB-5 Committee issued a practice pointer with key considerations from a presentation by Charles Oppenheim, the Chief of the Department of State‘s Visa Control and Reporting Division, on May 6 in Washington, D.C.. His pres… Read More

Last week, the American Immigration Lawyers Association announced that USCIS processing delays have hit crisis levels. They provided a flyer to explain the current delays. Please take a look at the flyer below for more information about why cases are… Read More

AILA has issued a practice alert regarding the long processing delays from the USCIS National Benefits Center (NBC) for Form I-765, the Application for Employment Authorization, and Form I-131, the Application for Travel Document. As of January 2019,… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released updated processing dates as of February 15, 2018 for the following service centers. National Benefits Center Potomac Service Center Vermont Service Center Texas Service Center Nebraska Service Center… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released updated processing dates as of February 1, 2018 for the following service centers. National Benefits Center Potomac Service Center Vermont Service Center Texas Service Center Nebraska Service Center… Read More