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USCIS Announces New Form I-539
March 7th, 2019
USCIS held a teleconference last week to review revised versions of the Form I-539 and Form I-539A. The Form I-539 is an application to extend/change nonimmigrant status and Form I-539A supplements it. Official copies of the revised forms will be ava…
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USCIS Contact Centers, Infopass, and myUSCIS Updates
March 6th, 2019
On February 14, 2019, the CIS Ombudsman Staff, Carrie Anderson and Allison Posner, held a teleconference regarding changes in the USCIS applicant support services. There have been updates to the USCIS Contact Centers, the InfoPass system, and the myU…
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USCIS InfoPass Scheduling Process Changes
February 11th, 2019
Last year, USCIS implemented a new pilot program in Hartford CT, El Paso TX, Jacksonville FL, Sacramento CA, and San Francisco CA field offices that eliminated self-scheduling of InfoPass appointments online. This program is called the Information Se…
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USCIS to Close Moscow Field Office
February 7th, 2019
USCIS announced on February 5, 2019 that it will close its office in Moscow, Russia, on March 29, 2019 permanently because of a substantial decrease in demand. The responsibilities of the office in Moscow will be assumed by USCIS office in Athens, Gr…
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Premium Processing for H-1B Visas
January 29th, 2019
Last year, USCIS temporarily suspended premium processing for certain categories of H-1B petitions including cap-subject petitions. USCIS announced last week that premium processing will resume today for all fiscal year 2019 H-1B cap petitions. This…
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USCIS Checklists Do Not Replace Regulations
January 28th, 2019
In July of last year, USCIS issued a policy memorandum that allows USCIS adjudicators to deny applications or petitions if all required evidence is not submitted with the application. The purpose of this is to discourage incomplete or unnecessary fil…
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USCIS to Redesign Green Cards and Employment Authorization Documents
April 26th, 2017
As part of their “Next Generation Secure Identification Document Project,” USCIS announced on April 19, 2017 the redesign of both Green Cards and Employment Authorization Documents (EAD). According to the American Immigration Lawyers Asso…
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FY2018 H-1B Cap Reached
April 11th, 2017
USCIS Reached the H-1B Visa Cap for FY2018 As of April 7, 2017, USCIS reached the 65,000 visa H-1B cap mandated by Congress for FY2018. USCIS also received enough H-1B petitions to meet the master’s cap visa exemption of 20,000. All unselected…
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USCIS Increasing Measures to Detect H-1B Abuse
April 10th, 2017
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced recently several measures to help recognize and prevent H-1B fraud and abuse. The H-1B Visa and Abuse This visa program’s purpose is to help companies in the U.S. recruit highly-skille…
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New EB-5 Compliance Audit Program
March 31st, 2017
USCIS has launched a new compliance audit program for the EB-5 Regional Center. According to USCIS, these audits are “an additional way to enhance program integrity and verify information in regional center applications and annual certification…
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