On Tuesday, USCIS announced that it will require most refugees and asylees applying to become permanent residents to attend an in-person interview. The expanded criteria for case-by-case interview determination can be found in the USCIS Policy Manual,...
On November 19, 2020, at a joint USCIS and Ombudsman webinar, USCIS mentioned that it is currently working on scheduling biometrics appointments for a backlog of 1.3 million applications. It also stated that Application Support Centers (ASC) -...
Despite the Bay Area's implementation of the State's Stay-At-Home order, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) San Francisco and San Jose Field Offices and Application Support Centers remain open for business with in-person appointments. If you have...
Effective December 7, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is: Accepting first-time requests for consideration of deferred action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA);Accepting DACA renewal requestsAccepting applications for advance...
Please see below the recently introduced bipartisan legislation, the Temporary Family Visitation Act (TFVA), that would establish a new nonimmigrant visa category allowing U.S. citizens and permanent residents to petition for their family members to visit them...
On November 3, 2020, theSeventh Circuit issued an administrative stayof the lower court's decision to vacate the DHS Public Charge Final rule pending an appeal which is effective immediately. Accordingly,applications must be filed with the Form I-944.Pars Equality...
On November 2, 2020, A district court vacated the DHS final rule on public charge as well as DHS's request to stay the judgment. Accordingly, DHS may not apply the public charge rule as of today, which means that there is no need to submit Form I-944 and the...
Last evening, the US Supreme Courtgrantedthe Trump administration's request to halt census counting before October 31 and the Census Bureau subsequently announced thatself-response and field data collection operations will end tomorrow, October 15. With just two days...
The Department of Homeland Security's new Fee Rule increasing application fees for immigration benefits, including citizenship and asylum will not go into effect on October 2, 2020. Today, the U.S. District Court in Northern California granted the motion for...