On January 31, 2024, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule to adjust filing fees for most petitions and applications. The new fees take effect for petitions and applications filed...more
On Monday, January 8, 2024, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) received the final rule outlining the increased fees for US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) filings. Normally, OIRA...more
Increases to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS’s) immigration fees are all but guaranteed as the White House reviews the agency’s final proposed fee schedule. The agency is working to publish the...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking public comment on its proposed changes to I-9 document examination requirements. While the proposed rule would not directly authorize the remote examination of I-9...more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a Temporary Final Rule (TFR) that increases the automatic extension period for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) available to certain EAD renewal applicants....more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have announced another extension to flexibility relating to in-person Form I-9 compliance. The policy, which was originally...more
Employers are reminded that the online registration period for H-1B quota selection for the upcoming fiscal year will begin on March 1 at 12:00 pm (noon) Eastern Standard Time and run through 12:00 pm (noon) Eastern Standard...more
Since March 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component agencies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have repeatedly extended a...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced they have again extend flexibility relating to in-person Form I-9 compliance. As discussed in a previous post, this...more