International students studying in the U.S. must comply with a host of federal regulations to maintain their nonimmigrant status, including notifying their school’s designated school official within 10 days of any changes to their personal or employment information.
DetailsWASHINGTON—Current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Syria’s designation who want to maintain their status through Sept. 30, 2019, must re-register between March 5, and May 4, 2018.
DetailsWASHINGTON—The H-1B visa program generally allows a foreign employee to work for a specific sponsoring American employer. As is true in many employment situations, the location of work can change. USCIS has published a policy memorandum (PDF, 119 KB) making clear that USCIS may request detailed documentation to ensure a legitimate employer-employee relationship is maintained while an employee is working at a third-party worksite.
DetailsOn Feb. 1, USCIS and the Department of State implemented new procedures to ensure that all individuals admitted as refugees receive similar, thorough vetting – whether they are principal refugees, accompanying family members, or following-to-join refugees.
DetailsWASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the agency will schedule asylum interviews for recent applications ahead of older filings, in an attempt to stem the growth of the agency’s asylum backlog.
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In an unprecedented move on Thursday just when DACA recipients and politicians were still digesting the possibility for a solution to the fate of over 700,000 DACA recipients, President Donald Trump threw another curve ball in the mix offering a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 1.8 million undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children.
DetailsOn Wednesday January 24, 2018 while speaking about the fate of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US by their families as children President Trump echoed some much needed solace to DACA recipients. For the first time since the government shutdown President Donald Trump explicitly offered the possibility of a pathway to citizenship for the Dreamers as they are known.
DetailsUSCIS and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State, have published the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to receive H-2A and H‑2B visas in 2018. The notice listing the eligible countries was published on Jan. 18, 2018, in the Federal Register.
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The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it is ending protections for Salvadorans who sought refuge in the U.S. following El Salvador’s 2001 earthquakes. Affecting more than 260,000 Salvadorans in the country with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) the majority of Salvadoran TPS beneficiaries have resided in the U.S. for 20 years or more.
DetailsWASHINGTON— Current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Honduras’ designation who want to maintain that status through the current expiration date of July 5, 2018, must re-register between Dec. 15, 2017 and Feb. 13, 2018. Re-registration procedures, including how to renew employment authorization documentation, have been published in the Federal Register and on the USCIS website.
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