US Immigration News

24 Jun

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Biden Administration announces plan to grant status to undocumented spouses of U.S. Citizens

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On June 18, 2024 the Biden administration announced a plan to provide a path to green cards and eventually citizenship to undocumented husbands and wives of U.S. citizens. This program would, at first, provide "parole in place" and the right to apply for work authorization known as an EAD. The program would be open to undocumented persons who meet the following conditions: Entered the U.S. without inspection or parole on or before June 17, 2014 Have lived in the U.S. continuously for at least ten years Married to a U.S. citizen as of June 17, 2024 Do not have a...

29 Oct

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USCIS proposes broad rule to amend H-1B regulations

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On October 23, 2023, USCIS published a comprehensive proposed rule to make many desirable changes to the H-1B regulations. The Rule is titled Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers. Proposed rules are issued for public comment and are not yet legally binding. USCIS stated final rules may be issued to implement parts of the proposed rule in separate components and at different times. The proposed rule is published at 88 Federal Register 72870.Any member of the public can submit comments on the rule. Comments must be submitted on or before...

19 Jan

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USCIS resumes premium processing of concurrent H-4/EAD extensions

In US Immigration News

As part of the settlement of a federal court lawsuit reached on January 19, 2023, USCIS has agreed to resume "bundling" of H-4 and H-4 EAD extensions along with the spouse's H-1B extension. This will apply to both regular processing and premium processing. This means if an H-1B petition is filed with premium processing, the H-4 extension and new H-4 EAD will also receive premium processing. Both the H-1B and H-4 must be filed together in the same envelope. This will result in much faster processing of H-4 EAD extensions, putting an end to the long periods of forced unemployment...

15 Mar

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EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act signed into law

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On March 15, 2022 President Biden signed into law the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 ("RIA"). This law makes major changes to the EB-5 program. Most importantly, the new law revives the Regional Center program, which sunset on June 30, 2021. Ninety percent of all EB-5 petitions are filed under the Regional Center program. Changes brought about by the new law include the following: The Regional Center program is extended to September 30, 2027. The minimum investment for Targeted Employment Areas is raised from $500,000 to $800,000. The minimum investment for non-TEA investments is raised from $1,000,000 to...