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DHS Announces Family Reunification Parole Processes for Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
DHS Announces Family Reunification Parole Processes for Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras Release Date 07/07/2023 Biden-Harris Administration continues strategy to provide lawful pathways and reduce dangerous irregular migration WASHINGTON – The U.S....
DHS Launches Process for Afghans to Extend Permission to Stay in the U.S.
Time was running out for many Afghan refugees living and working in the United States after American troops withdrew from Afghanistan. Thanks to the Biden administration’s recent decision to extend what is known as “parole,” many Afghans will now be given the...
Visa Bulletin For June 2023
A. Statutory Numbers for Preference Immigrant Visas This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during June for: “Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and...
USCIS Providing Documents After Notice of Immigration Judge and BIA Decisions About Immigration Status
We now are affirmatively creating and providing documented evidence of their status to certain new asylees and lawful permanent residents upon our receiving notification that an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has granted status....
President Biden Announces Plan to Expand Health Coverage to DACA Recipients
In 2012, President Obama and then Vice President Biden announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to allow young people to live and work in the only country they know as home. Over the last decade, DACA has brought stability, possibility, and...
Visa Bulletin For May 2023
A. Statutory Numbers for Preference Immigrant Visas This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during May for: “Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and...
New USCIS Center Is Good News For Some Of Its Worst Backlog Victims
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is opening a new service center to try to fix some of its most egregious backlogs. The agency reportedly has already reassigned 150 employees – and plans to have over 300 – to staff a virtual service center, which will...
Visa Bulletin For April 2023
A. Statutory Numbers for Preference Immigrant Visas This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during April for: “Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and...
H-1B Cap Update: FY 2024 H-1B Cap Registration Period Extend Till March 20, 2023
USCIS will now accept FY 2024 H-1B cap registrations until 5:00 p.m. Eastern on Monday, March 20, 2023. This extension is in view of the technical issue with the H-1B cap registration system due to which some users were unable to complete the H-1B registration process...
New Entrepreneur Resources Available on USCIS Website
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has published additional online resources on uscis.gov to provide an overview of some of the temporary and permanent pathways for noncitizen entrepreneurs to work in the United States. This guide also highlights some of the...