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State Department Extends Interview Waivers for Certain Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants Through the End of 2023

On December 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of State announced that the secretary of state has extended consular officers’ authority to waive the in-person visa interview requirement through December 31, 2023. This extension of...more

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Best Practices for Employers to Prepare Employees for Visa Interviews

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With visa interview appointments at the U.S. consulates abroad still limited due to COVID-19 backlogs, sponsored employees need to be as well-prepared as possible to avoid a visa denial at the visa window. To answer some...more

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USCIS Introduces Revised Naturalization Civics Test

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is introducing a revised version of the naturalization civics test. The oral civics test is administered to all applicants for U.S. citizenship. The 2020 test increases the...more

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USCIS Preparing to Reopen Offices for Public Services Starting June 4

USCIS announced that it will resume public non-emergency services at some local offices within the United States commencing Thursday, June 4, 2020. The number of appointments and interviews at reopened offices will be...more

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Asylum Seekers Face More Uncertainty Under New USCIS Interview Scheduling Policy

In a crowded federal building earlier this month, against a backdrop of innocent child laughter and knowing adult tears, among joyful embraces and somber reassurances, a Proskauer client heard the last three digits of his...more

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USCIS Expands Interview Requirements to Employment-Based Permanent Resident Applications

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On October 1, 2017, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) began phasing-in interviews for all employment-based green card applicants. Interviews have always been mandatory, but historically USCIS has...more

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Insights: AOS Interviews Begin

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The USCIS has started conducting in-person interviews for all employment-based adjustment of status (AOS) applicants whose applications were filed on or after March 6, 2017. The AOS will not be approved until after a...more

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Survival in the Immigration Culture of Delay and Social Media Mining - Adjustment Interviews

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With the recent change by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to mandate in-person interviews for employment based adjustment cases along with changes to require the review of social media and to what...more

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USCIS Policy Changes Impacting Green Card Filings

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USCIS has recently enacted two policy changes in regards to permanent residency applicants applying for Adjustment of Status (AOS). These changes impact applications for Advance Parole Travel Authorization (AP) as well as...more

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New Hurdles in Access to U.S. Immigration Benefits - UPDATE

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Government Confirms New Guidelines -- Interview Requirement for Those Seeking Permanent Residence - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) issued a Press Release, which confirms the implementation of a new policy...more

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USCIS Expands In-Person Interview Requirements for Certain Permanent Residency Applicants

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that, effective October 1, 2017, it will begin expanding in-person interviews for certain immigration benefit applications that currently do not require...more

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Department of Homeland Security Will Require In-Person Interviews at Local USCIS Field Offices for Employment-Based Lawful...

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On August 28, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security agency responsible for adjudicating immigration benefits, announced that it will begin expanding the...more

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New Hurdles in Access to U.S. Immigration Benefits

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On August 25, 2017, Politico reported that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) intends to implement a new policy to require interviews for all employment-based adjustment of status applicants and will be...more

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USCIS Announces Expanded In-Person Interview Requirement

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US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced that beginning October 1, 2017, it will require far more people to appear at its offices for in-person interviews – a change that could potentially impact hundreds...more

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USCIS to Begin Interviewing Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applicants

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Phase-in period to begin on October 1, 2017. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on August 28 that, starting on October 1 of this year, it will expand the in-person interview program for persons...more

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USCIS Will Once Again Start Requiring In-Person Interviews for Employment Based Adjustment of Status Applicants

Yesterday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order 13780, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States,” it would begin requiring...more

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Federal Government Expands Enforcement of Immigration Laws through Site Inspections and Employee Interviews

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USCIS’s Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) Directorate is expected to begin full-scale implementation of an L-1 site inspection program in the near future. FDNS conducts unannounced administrative site visits...more

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