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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 to Begin Accepting Applications Under its New Process to Promote the Unity and Stability of Families on August 19, 2024

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 7/25/2024

In June 2024, the Biden Administration announced several immigration actions using the authority of the executive branch. Within a political landscape of stalemate on virtually all things immigration, it has not been unusual...more

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

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/30/2022

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

A New Opportunity for J-1 Clinical Waivers in the Southeastern United States

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/12/2022

Earlier this year, the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC), a federal-state partnership to alleviate economic and poverty issues, opened a J-1 waiver program, accepting applications for physicians of all medical...more

Temporary Waiver of “60 Day Rule” Signature Validity for Form I-693 Extended

Burr & Forman on 11/10/2022

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced an extension to its waiver of the civil surgeon signature validity requirement for Form I-693. Form I-693 is the Report of Medical Examination and...more

USCIS Extends Waiver of 60-Day Rule for Medical Examination Form I-693

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/7/2022

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has extended the temporary waiver of the requirement that a civil surgeon’s signature on Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, be dated no...more

USCIS Extends Temporary Waiver for Medical Examinations (Form I-693)

Cozen O'Connor on 10/5/2022

On September 29, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would be extending the temporary waiver of the requirement that the civil surgeon’s signature on the Report of Medical Examination and...more

Conrad 30 State Waiver for Physicians: Extenuating Circumstances Transfer

Harris Beach PLLC on 7/28/2022

The Conrad 30 State Waiver Program is designed for international medical graduates (IMGs) who have entered the U.S. in a J-1 visa status to complete medical training and are subject to the two-year home residence requirement...more

Department of State Temporarily Extends and Expands In-Person Interview Waivers for Certain Non-Immigrant Visa Applicants

Miller Canfield on 1/19/2022

The Department of State, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, has authorized consular officers to waive the in-person interview requirement for certain non-immigrant visa applicants with approved...more

State Department Authorizes Consular Officers to Waive Interviews for Certain Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants Through 2022

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/29/2021

The U.S. secretary of state, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has authorized consular officers to waive in-person interviews for certain nonimmigrant visa applicants through the end of...more

White House, State Department Announcements on Travel Restrictions, Visa Interviews, and More

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/28/2021

As 2021 comes to an end, the White House and the Department of State have announced: 1.South African Travel Restrictions Lifted. The 14-day travel restrictions on southern African countries will be lifted as of...more

USCIS Temporarily Waives 60-Day Rule for Civil Surgeon Signatures

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/16/2021

Applicants for Adjustment of Status to Permanent Residence will have more than 60 days after completing their medical examinations to file their Forms I-485 Adjustment of Status applications, USCIS has announced...more

How to Obtain a Vaccine Waiver for Immigration Medical Exam

Harris Beach PLLC on 10/13/2021

All applicants for lawful permanent residency in the United States are required to submit to a medical examination to ensure that they are not carrying any communicable diseases of public health significance, and that they...more

COVID-19 Vaccination to be Required of Most Green Card Applicants

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 9/16/2021

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recently added vaccination against COVID-19 to its list of required vaccinations for individuals seeking lawful permanent resident status - colloquially known as...more

J-1 Clinical Service Waiver for Foreign Medical Graduates

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 9/8/2021

J-1 exchange visitors who received graduate medical education or training in the U.S. are subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement under Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). This...more

USCIS Eases H-1B Requirements for Physicians With J-1 Waivers in Response to COVID-19

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/15/2020

On May 11, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy update in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that provides H-1B physicians holding J-1 foreign medical graduate waivers some limited...more

USCIS to Consider Second Period of Satisfactory Departure

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/24/2020

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it will consider granting a second 30-day period of Satisfactory Departure to Visa Waiver Program (VWP) travelers who were already granted Satisfactory...more

Judge Says Canadian Physicians Are Eligible for H-1B Admission Regardless of the J-1 Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement

UB Greensfelder LLP on 4/1/2019

A federal judge in New York has ruled that Canadian physicians who are subject to the J-1 two-year foreign residency requirement may enter the United States in H-1B status, even though they have not spent two years in Canada...more

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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services › Waivers

USCIS to Begin Accepting Applications Under its New Process to Promote the Unity and Stability of Families on August 19, 2024

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

A New Opportunity for J-1 Clinical Waivers in the Southeastern United States

Temporary Waiver of “60 Day Rule” Signature Validity for Form I-693 Extended

USCIS Extends Waiver of 60-Day Rule for Medical Examination Form I-693

USCIS Extends Temporary Waiver for Medical Examinations (Form I-693)

Conrad 30 State Waiver for Physicians: Extenuating Circumstances Transfer

Department of State Temporarily Extends and Expands In-Person Interview Waivers for Certain Non-Immigrant Visa Applicants

State Department Authorizes Consular Officers to Waive Interviews for Certain Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants Through 2022

White House, State Department Announcements on Travel Restrictions, Visa Interviews, and More

USCIS Temporarily Waives 60-Day Rule for Civil Surgeon Signatures

How to Obtain a Vaccine Waiver for Immigration Medical Exam

COVID-19 Vaccination to be Required of Most Green Card Applicants

J-1 Clinical Service Waiver for Foreign Medical Graduates

USCIS Eases H-1B Requirements for Physicians With J-1 Waivers in Response to COVID-19

USCIS to Consider Second Period of Satisfactory Departure

Judge Says Canadian Physicians Are Eligible for H-1B Admission Regardless of the J-1 Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement

USCIS Expands Interview Requirements to Employment-Based Permanent Resident Applications

USCIS Makes H-1B Premium Processing Available for Physicians Under the Conrad 30 Waiver Program

USCIS Resumes H-1B Premium Processing for Conrad Waiver Program Physicians

H-1B Premium Processing to Return on June 26 for Physicians Under the Conrad 30 Waiver Program

USCIS Will Resume H-1B Premium Processing for Physicians Under the Conrad 30 Waiver Program

Trump's Revised Executive Order, "Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States"

An Ounce of Prevention: Employing Foreign National Physicians in Physician Shortage Areas

August 2015 Immigration Alert

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