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Dickinson Wright

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

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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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

USCIS Agrees to Bundle Adjudication for H-4/H-4 EADs and L-2 Dependent Applications When Filed Concurrently with Form I-129

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Starting January 25, 2023, USCIS will adjudicate I-539 and I-765 applications for H-4 and L-2 dependents when those applications are filed concurrently with the I-129 petition.  The bundling of those...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New Year, New Fees: Proposed USCIS Fee Increases

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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

Cozen O'Connor

USCIS Expands Premium Processing to E-3 Petitions

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On February 24, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that E-3 visa petitions will now be eligible for premium processing. Beginning on February 24, 2021, petitioners filing Form I-129, Petition...more

Morgan Lewis

Immigration Developments: USCIS and Visa Updates

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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

Cozen O'Connor

Changes to USCIS Fee Schedule and Forms

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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

Jackson Walker

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing

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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

Epstein Becker & Green

June 2020 Immigration Alert

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

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

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

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

Fox Rothschild LLP

Premium Processing Resumes: June 2020 Phase-In Dates

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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

Morgan Lewis

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

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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

Cozen O'Connor

USCIS Resumes Premium Processing Services for Form I-129 and Form I-140 Petitions

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On May 29, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will resume offering premium processing services for cases involving Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, and Form I-140,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Immigration Updates Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Department of State Suspends Routine Visa Services - On March 20, 2020, in response to significant worldwide challenges related to the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, the Department of State announced that routine...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

COVID-19 Update: Recent Developments in Business Immigration As A Result of COVID-19

USCIS Immediately Suspends Premium Processing for All I-129 and I-140 Petitions - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the immediate and temporary suspension of premium processing service for all...more

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USCIS Proposes Significant Fee Hikes

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a new fee schedule designed to mitigate an approximate $1.3 billion shortfall in the annual budget of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). According to DHS,...more

Burr & Forman

USCIS Steps Up VISA Enforcement Activity

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Employers who file I-129 petitions to sponsor foreign nationals for work visas make a number of representations to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) about the terms of the foreign national’s employment,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

USCIS Premium Processing Fee Increasing for Forms I-129 and I-140

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it will increase the premium processing fee for certain employment-based petitions, beginning on December 2, 2019....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

USCIS Public Charge Rule Results in Amended Forms – American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Sues to Delay Implementation

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds rule on August 14, 2019, which dramatically revised the regulations governing the application of the public charge...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Reminder – End Of Courtesy Premium Processing For Form I-539 Filed With I-129 Petitions

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USCIS’ previous practice of adjudicating the I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, filed with a qualifying I-129 petition under Premium Processing has ended. USCIS now requires every I-539 applicant pay a...more

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How Does the Government Shutdown Affect Immigration?

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The federal government entered a partial shutdown on December 22, 2018. With no end in sight as the shutdown enters its third week, many are wondering how the shutdown will affect immigration matters. To provide some insight...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

USCIS To Increase Premium Processing Filing Fee As Of October 1, 2018

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that effective October 1, it will increase the premium processing fee charge for I-129 nonimmigrant worker petitions and I-140 immigrant petitions. Premium...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Time to Prepare H-1B Petitions

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

Jackson Lewis P.C.

USCIS Formalizes Policy On Lack Of Deference To Previously Approved Petitions

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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

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USCIS's Updated Policy on Adjudications of Nonimmigrant Worker Visa Petitions Rescinds Former Deferential Policy

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On October 23, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) rescinded policy guidelines in effect since April 2004 regarding requests for the extension of certain nonimmigrant visas (i.e., visa petitions...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Premium Processing Resumed for all H-1B Petitions

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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

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