
USCIS Issues Guidance To Expedite EADs for Healthcare Workers
Today USCIS has announced that effective immediately, if you are a healthcare worker who has a pending Employment Authorization Document...

How to Complete Form I-9 for an Employee with an H-4 EAD Auto Extension
As I’ve written before, beginning November 12, 2021, the EAD of an H-4 dependent spouse will be automatically extended for a period of up...

SEVP Issues Broadcast Message to DSO's to Assist F-1 Students with OPT Applications
Yesterday SEVP issued a broadcast message to DSO's regarding an important reminder for F-1 students and their OPT applications. F-1...

USCIS Issues Policy Guidance Regarding Work Authorization for Certain H-4, E, and L Dependents
As a result of the recent settlement in Shergill, et al. v. Mayorkas, USCIS has issued policy guidance to address automatic extension of...

Updated Guidance on Expedite Criteria, RFEs & NOIDs, and EAD Validity Periods for AOS Applicants
Today USCIS issued three policy updates in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding: Expedited processing; Addressing the circumstances in which...

F-1 Students Can Now File OPT Applications Online!
Today USCIS announced that F-1 students seeking pre-completion OPT, post-completion OPT, or STEM OPT can now file their I-765 online. To...

USCIS Provides Update on Delays in Issuing Biometrics Appointment Notices
I’ve been getting a lot of emails and calls from people who have filed H-4 applications many months ago and still have not received their...

Congress Passes Bill With Major Expansion of Premium Processing
Yesterday the Senate passed H.R. 8337 and ultimately signed by the President, which included the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization...

DHS Announces Final Rule on USCIS Increased Fees and Premium Processing Time Frame
DHS announced the final rule today that adjusts fees for certain immigration and naturalization forms as well as alters the time frame...

DHS Memo Makes Immediate Changes to DACA Program
Today DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf has issued a memo, “Reconsideration of the June 15, 2012 Memorandum Entitled ‘Exercising...

Green Card and EAD Production Delays at USCIS
In June 2020, USCIS reduced its capacity to print secure documents, such as Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) Cards (commonly known as...











