Ian Love

USCIS has announced three updates to the USCIS Policy Manual to improve immigration services.

DHS has announced an 18-month extension of TPS designation for Haitian nationals. The designation will begin on the date that the notice is published in the Federal Register.

DHS has announced that it will allow Burmese nationals to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

On May 17, 2021, a group of employers filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The Department of Labor has published a final rule in the Federal Register to further delay the effective date of the prevailing wage rule.

Effective May 12, 2021, USCIS is permitting individuals to reschedule their biometrics services appointment.

DHS will issue a proposed rule to cancel the elimination of the International Entrepreneur (IE) Parole program.

ICE announced that it will continue to allow international students to take more courses online during the 2021-2022 academic year.

USCIS has issued policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual instructing officers to revert to long-standing guidance originally issued in 2004.

The State Department has released the May 2021 Visa Bulletin, which brings advancement in multiple employment-based categories.

USCIS announced that F-1 students seeking OPT can file their Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, electronically if they are filing in certain categories.

Presidential Proclamation 10052, which temporarily suspended the entry of certain H-1B, H-2B, J, and L nonimmigrants into the U.S., expired on March 31, 2021.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received enough initial electronic registrations to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2022 H-1B cap, including the master’s cap.

On Thursday, March 18, 2021, the House approved the American Dream and Promise Act and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.

USCIS announced that it may reconsider denials made on H-1B petitions if the denial was based on one of three rescinded policy memos.

The State Department and DHS granted consular officers greater authority to waive in-person interview requirements for individuals who are applying for a nonimmigrant visa in the same classification.

Effective immediately, USCIS has announced flexibilities for some foreign students whose receipt notices for Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, have been delayed.

Effective immediately, President Biden has revoked Proclamation 10014, which was issued by the Trump administration to suspend the entry of certain foreign nationals into the U.S.

On March 1, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will return to using the 2008 version of its naturalization civics test.

Due to COVID-19, U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada border closures will be extended through March 21, 2021. The border closures were set to expire on February 21, 2021.