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Venezuelan TPS Update: What Employers Should Know About Expiration of EADs for 2023 Designation

Announced in a Federal Register notice published Feb. 5, 2025, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem decided not to extend the 2023 Venezuela Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation. That designation will expire April 7, 2025....more

Venezuelan TPS Update: What Employers Should Know About 2023 Designation Not Extended

Announced in a Federal Register notice published Feb. 5, 2025, Secretary Kristi Noem decided not to extend the 2023 Venezuela TPS designation. That designation will expire April 7, 2025. DHS Secretary Noem announced on Jan....more

What DHS’ Vacatur of Venezuelan TPS Means for Employers

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Jan. 29, 2025, that she is vacating former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ Jan. 17, 2025, redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela for an additional 18 months....more

TPS for Lebanese Nationals Now Official Through May 27, 2026

In October, DHS announced that Lebanese nationals would be eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). On Nov. 27, 2024, that became official. TPS has been granted for 18 months, from Nov. 27, 2024, through May 27, 2026....more

Temporary Protected Status Extended for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Sudan

USCIS announced that it is extending the validity of certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) issued to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries from El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan until...more

New, Higher USCIS Filing Fees Take Effect April 1, 2024

Many USCIS filing fees are being adjusted upward beginning on April 1, 2024. That date, of course, is particularly significant. It is the earliest date that Cap H-1Bs can be filed. The H-1B filing fee, for example, will rise...more

Temporary Protected Status Extended for Haiti

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti will be extended and redesignated for 18 months from February 4, 2023, until August 3, 2024....more

Certain Green Cards Getting 24-Month Extensions as USCIS Deals With Processing Delays

In continuing its efforts to deal with processing backlogs, USCIS is allowing longer automatic extensions of green cards for lawful permanent residents who have applied for naturalization....more

Temporary Protected Status Extended for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Sudan

The Department of Homeland Security announced that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and employment authorization are automatically extended until June 30, 2024, for beneficiaries from El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, and...more

I-9 Flexibility Extended Through July 2023

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will continue Form I-9 flexibility for another nine months until July 31, 2023, according to an announcement. DHS guidance remains the same. Employees who, due to COVID-19 policies,...more

USCIS Extends Validity of Green Cards for 24 Months for Certain Permanent Residents

Due to long processing delays, USCIS is extending the validity of green cards for 24 months for legal permanent residents who have filed a Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Residence Card. USCIS is doing this in...more

DHS Publishes Final Rule Restoring Asylum Regulations

Announcing a new final rule, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is officially reinstating the 2020 asylum rules in light of the court decision that said they were invalid....more

Biden Administration Extends Liberian DED

President Joe Biden extended Deferral of Enforced Departure (DED) and employment authorization for Liberians from June 30, 2022 until June 30, 2024. On September 6, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published...more

Cameroon Temporary Protected Status Application Instructions Issued

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Federal Register notice with instructions on how to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroon. The designation runs for 18 months, until December 7, 2023, and...more

DHS Increases Automatic Extension of Work Authorizations for Certain Individuals

As of May 4, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is increasing the automatic extension of work authorization from 180 days to 540 days for certain individuals. ...more

Ukraine, Sudan Temporary Protected Status Application Instructions Issued

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Federal Register notice with instructions on how to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for both Ukraine and Sudan. Both designations run for 18 months, until October...more

USCIS Measures to Ease Processing Times

Just as the Biden Administration is proposing increased funding for USCIS to help reduce the agency’s backlog, USCIS is announcing future new actions to improve processing times....more

H-1B, L-1 Update: USCIS Adopts Policy Changes

Nonimmigrant spouses of H-1B and L-1 visa holders with long-pending EAD applications have finally received some relief. Based upon a settlement in Shergill v. Mayokas, USCIS is making major policy changes. Going forward,...more

TPS Extended Through 2022 For El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Sudan

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a notice extending Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan...more

Haiti TPS Extended Through February 3, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that, because of new dire circumstances, TPS for Haiti will be designated for 18 months effective August 3, 2021, through February 3, 2023. The designation is a...more

Judge Again Finds DACA Program Illegal, Blocks New Applications, Allows Renewals

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program (DACA) is not legal, U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen has ruled in State of Texas et al. v. U.S. et al. Judge Hanen issued an injunction preventing the Department...more

Immigration Reform Bill

The United States Citizenship Act was introduced on February 18, 2021. Sponsored in the House by Representative Linda Sanchez (D-Calif) and in the Senate by Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the bill calls for broad immigration...more

Proposed H-4 EAD Rule Withdrawn For Review

On January 25, 2021, the Biden administration withdrew from review the Trump administration’s proposed rule that would have rescinded the H-4 EAD program. For close to five years, spouses of H-1B workers holding H-4 EADs...more

DHS Announces New Procedure For DACA Recipients

On January 4, 2021, DHS announced that for I-9 purposes, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients may present an unexpired Employment Authorization Document (EAD) with Code C33 issued on or after July 28,...more

DHS Announces Extension Of TPS For El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Sudan

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a further extension of status and work authorization until October 4, 2021, for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal,...more

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