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USCIS extends automatic extension period for EAD renewals

Long processing times for renewal Employment Authorization Documents has resulted in the loss of work authorization for many individuals because their EAD cards expired before new cards could be issued. Individuals who filed...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

USCIS April 2024 Updates

We would like to share the following recent U.S. immigration-related updates announced by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in April 2024. Automatic Extension of EAD Cards From 180 Days to 540 Days ...more

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USCIS’s New Rule Increases Automatic EAD Extensions from 180 to 540 Days

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a temporary final rule to increase the automatic extension period for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for certain renewal categories from 180 days to up to...more

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Higher USCIS Filing Fees Could Be Coming Very Soon

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Last January I posted about "An Unwelcome Update to Start 2023: USCIS Proposing Rule to Raise Filing Fees; Set Specific Filing Fees for Different Types of I-129 Filings". That unwelcome proposal to start 2023 may become an...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

USCIS Increases Premium Processing Fees

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will increase premium processing fees for a number of immigration benefit applications due to inflation. The fee increases, outlined below, will take effect on February 26,...more

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Immigration Alert: TPS Beneficiaries Re-Registration Period Extended

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On September 8, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was extending the re-registration period for beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the designations of El Salvador, Haiti,...more

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Automatic 540-Day Extension of Certain EAD Renewals Will Expire for Foreign National Workers in October: What Should Employers Do...

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By the end of October, a temporary rule that has been allowing certain foreign nationals to receive an increased period of automatically extended authorization to work in the United States for the past year will expire – and...more

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EMPLOYERS TAKE NOTE: Temporary Final Rule Extending Certain Employment Authorization Cards by Up to 540 Days Will Sunset on...

As part of their I-9 obligations, many employees provide an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) as evidence of their authorization to work in the United States. Such EADs have an expiration date, and those dates can vary...more

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USCIS Update: myProgress Tool Expands to Form I-765 and Form I-131

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced the expansion of the myProgress tool to include Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and Form I-131, Application for Travel Document....more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

DHS Expands STEM OPT Fields for International Students

On July 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added eight fields of study to the Designated Degree Program List qualifying F-1 students to secure a STEM OPT (science, technology, engineering, mathematics...more

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USCIS Expands myProgress to Form I-765 and Form I-131

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On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is expanding myProgress (formerly known as personalized processing times) to Form I-765, Application for Employment...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Premium Processing Available for Certain F-1 EAD Applications

OVERVIEW As previously forecasted, USCIS has now expanded premium processing service to I-765, Applications for Employment Authorization, filed by certain F-1 students seeing work authorization in connection with Optional...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Lawsuit Settlement Results in USCIS Policy Benefiting  H-4 and L-2 Spouses and Children

Effective January 25, 2023, USCIS resumed concurrent processing of  I-539 applications to extend/change nonimmigrant status  and I-765 applications for employment authorization filed by H-4 and L-2 spouses and minor children...more

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USCIS Agrees to Streamline Ability of Nonimmigrant Dependent Spouses to Secure Employment Authorization

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Federal immigration officials just agreed to streamline the process by which certain nonimmigrant dependent spouses are able to secure employment, reverting to a previous method that should reduce processing times and...more

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USCIS Settlement Requires Adjudication of H-4, EAD, and L-2 Applications With Principal’s H-1B or L-1 Petition

On January 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reached a settlement in Edakunni v. Mayorkas, which restructures U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) adjudication policies for H-4 and L-2...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

USCIS Continues to Expand Premium Processing Service Offerings

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) further expanded  premium processing for Form I-140, Immigrant Petitions for Alien Workers, marking the final phase of implementing premium processing for employment-based...more

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Promise Kept? USCIS Showing Signs of Improving Immigration Processing Times

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Earlier this year, federal immigration officials announced concrete measures to reduce the massive backlog of petitions and applications currently pending at the agency’s National Service Centers – but has this promise been...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

USCIS Offers Premium Processing for More Permanent Resident Petitions

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has further expanded premium processing eligibility to include more Form I-140, Immigrant Petitions for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications, consistent...more

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USCIS Expands Premium Processing in Further Effort to Reduce Immigration Backlog and Processing Delays

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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, processing delays have plagued the USCIS and frustrated many employers and foreign nationals applying for and extending their visas. At its peak in January 2022, the USCIS had a...more

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USCIS Extends EAD Auto-Extension Period

USCIS has implemented a temporary final rule to automatically extend the validity of certain expired or expiring Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for up to 540 days. Previously USCIS permitted a 180-day...more

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USCIS Temporarily Extends Automatic Extensions of Employment Authorization to Up to 540 Days

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On May 3, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a Temporary Final Rule that temporarily increases the automatic extension period for employment authorization and Employment Authorization Documents...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

USCIS extends automatic extension period for EAD renewal applications, hopes to cut processing time in 2023

On Wednesday, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a Temporary Final Rule to address the long delays in the approval of Employment Authorization Document renewal applications. Hundreds of thousands of foreign...more

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Employers Breathe Sigh of Relief as Immigration Officials Extend Employment Authorization for Many Workers

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Thanks to a new rule published yesterday, a broad group of nonimmigrant workers waiting for their employment authorization cards will have their temporary work authorizations extended for 540 days from their expiration date –...more

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USCIS Announces Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for Certain Renewal Applicants

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Effective May 4, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will increase the automatic extension period for employment authorization and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) to a maximum of 540 days for...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

USCIS to Expand Premium Processing Offerings

The Department of Homeland Security has published a final rule to expand premium processing service to expand premium processing service for certain immigration benefit requests. The rule takes effect May 31, 2022....more

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