Headlines: OFLC Publishes Prevailing Wage Data, Implements 2018 SOC Codes – An OFLC announcement includes details on how new labor certification applications, and applications in process, will be handled with respect to SOC codes. USCIS Urges Employment-Based Adjustment Applicants to Promptly Send Medical Forms When Requested – The agency is urging anyone within the United […]
Headlines: District Court Orders USCIS to Process New Investor Petitions in Previously Authorized EB-5 Regional Centers – The court ruled that the agency “is enjoined from treating the existing regional centers as deauthorized while this litigation is pending (or until the agency engages in a reasoned decision-making process regarding how to treat these centers under […]
Headlines: USCIS Transfers Certain H-1B Petitions to California Service Center – Certain H-1B petitions and fiscal year 2023 H-1B cap petitions awaiting intake at the Vermont Service Center are being transferred to the California Service Center for data entry and adjudication. DHS, DOS Announce Exemptions Allowing Eligible Afghans to Qualify for Protection and Immigration Benefits […]
Headlines: CDC Rescinds Order Requiring Negative COVID-19 Test Before Flight to United States – As of June 12, 2022, air travelers to the United States no longer need to show a negative COVID-19 test result or documentation of recovery before boarding, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced. State Dept. Removes Required DV Entry […]
Headlines: Cap Reached for Additional Returning Worker H-2B Visas for Second Half of FY 2022 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 23,500 visas made available for returning workers only, under the recently announced H-2B supplemental cap temporary final rule. USCIS Releases New Forms for […]
Headlines: Investors File Lawsuit Against DHS To Stop EB-5 Regional Center Decertifications – A group of investment and capital firms filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, arguing that when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services decertified existing EB-5 regional centers, it violated the Administrative Procedure Act and misinterpreted the EB-5 Reform and Integrity […]
Headlines: Additional 35,000 H-2B Visas Available for Second Half of Fiscal Year – The visas are for U.S. employers seeking to employ additional temporary nonagricultural workers on or after April 1, 2022, through September 30, 2022. DHS Announces TPS Designation, Registration Process for Afghans – The registration period began on May 20, 2022, and runs […]
Headlines: New Forms, New Program Requirements Announced for Entities Seeking Regional Center Designation Under EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program – USCIS published two new forms for regional center designation under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. USCIS said that all entities seeking regional center designation must submit these forms in compliance with new program requirements, which began […]
Headlines: USCIS Increases Automatic Work Permit Extension Period for Certain Applicants – USCIS announced a temporary final rule, effective May 4, 2022, that increases to up to 540 days the automatic extension period for work authorization and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) available to certain EAD renewal applicants. The rule is expected to affect approximately 87,000 […]
Headlines: ICE Announces Extension of I-9 Flexibilities to October 31, 2022 – The extension relates to deferral of the physical presence requirements of the employment eligibility verification process for certain employees. USCIS Stops Applying Certain EAD Provisions for Asylum Applicants – In response to a decision in Asylumworks v. Mayorkas, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services […]
