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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status. less -

USCIS Announces Receipt Notice Delays From Lockbox Locations

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/2/2024

On April 1, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began requiring certain I-129 petitions, historically filed at service centers, to instead be filed at its various lockbox facilities. USCIS confirmed on...more

The No Brainer Immigration Prediction for 2023: Homeric Backlogs and Delays – 10 Notes to Self for Surviving

Dickinson Wright on 1/25/2023

U.S. immigration law has always been challenging with ever-changing rules and policies and their far-reaching effects. However, the constant complication post-pandemic has been the unpredictability of processing times and...more

New Year, New Fees: Proposed USCIS Fee Increases

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/9/2023

On January 4, 2023, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a proposed rule to increase fees for most immigration benefit requests. If implemented, employers will pay significantly more for...more

Immigration Updates in COVID-19 Times

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 1/4/2022

International borders have been closed for 18 months, U.S. embassies abroad have been operating at a limited capacity, and yet employers struggle to find and retain talent. Corporate immigration, including H-1Bs and other...more

Immigration Developments: USCIS and Visa Updates

Morgan Lewis on 10/7/2020

This alert summarizes a number of important developments affecting business immigration that occurred last week, including a number of federal court decisions enjoining certain presidential and regulatory actions, as well as...more

Changes to USCIS Fee Schedule and Forms

Cozen O'Connor on 9/9/2020

On August 3, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) issued a Final Rule that alters the USCIS filing Fee Schedule. On average, the filing fees were increased overall by approximately 20%....more

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing

Jackson Walker on 6/4/2020

USCIS has recently announced it will resume premium processing for forms I-129 and I-140 in phases over the next month. Please see the agency’s announced schedule below. USCIS will accept premium processing requests on the...more

June 2020 Immigration Alert

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/3/2020

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing - USCIS has announced here that beginning the month of June 2020, it will again start accepting certain petitions for premium processing. Premium processing was indefinitely suspended as...more

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing For I-129 And I-140 Petitions In A Phased-In Approach

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 6/3/2020

Premium processing, the vehicle utilized by many U.S. petitioners filing for nonimmigrant and immigrant-based benefits, is being resumed by U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) with a phased-in approach commencing...more

Premium Processing Resumes: June 2020 Phase-In Dates

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/1/2020

On Friday, May 29, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced plans for the phased-in resumption of premium processing for eligible I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker petitions and eligible I-129...more

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing on Phased Schedule Beginning June 1, 2020

Morgan Lewis on 6/1/2020

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Friday that it will resume premium processing for certain petitions in phases over the next month....more

Time to Prepare H-1B Petitions

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 2/23/2018

To seek H-1B “professional” work authorization for foreign recruits during 2018 employers should start now to get their preliminary Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Preparations must then...more

USCIS Formalizes Policy On Lack Of Deference To Previously Approved Petitions

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/31/2017

All I-129 petitions, whether initial requests or requests for extension of visa status, will be subject to the same level of scrutiny, USCIS has confirmed. The agency will no longer defer to the findings of a previously...more

Premium Processing Resumed for all H-1B Petitions

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 10/6/2017

USCIS announced that it has resumed premium processing for all H-1B visa petitions after a six month suspension of the program for these petitions. Over the past few months, USCIS has progressively re-opened premium...more

Mark Your Calendars: USCIS Raises Filing Fees Effective December 23

Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/2/2016

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on October 24, 2016 that effective December 23, 2016 fees for most nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions will increase by an average of 21 percent. This...more

AAO Guidance Clarifies That Worker Mobility May Come at a Cost

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/1/2015

In a move likely to elicit equal parts appreciation and exasperation among the employer community, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued guidance on the need to file an amended H-1B petition when there is a...more

New USCIS Guidance Has Significant Consequences for H-1B Employers

Franczek P.C. on 5/27/2015

On April 9, 2015, the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a precedential decision (Matter of Simeio Solutions, 26 I&N Dec. 542) that significantly impacts U.S....more

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