On December 27, 2016, the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) issued a precedent decision in Matter of Dhanasar that modifies the framework for how the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will now adjudicate national interest waiver (NIW) petitions. On its face, the new three-prong test...
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an advance copy of the final international entrepreneur rule. It will be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, January 17, 2017, and is scheduled to go into effect 180 days from the date of publication. However,...
Each quarter, the Student Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) releases a report that provides key data from the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) on the makeup of international students who choose to study in the United States. A look at these quarterly reports can...
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently clarified that original signatures are still required for nearly all USCIS forms. This notice comes following the release of an interim policy memorandum in June 2016 that seemed to signal original signatures would no longer be...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued the following announcement this afternoon: When new fees for most of our forms went into effect on December 23, 2016, we published updated versions of the forms at uscis.gov/forms. We strongly encourage customers to submit these new versions,...
Please read the 29.Dec.16 update on this information. Updated Information This afternoon, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) issued a practice alert related to the new forms. It states, in part: AILA reached out to USCIS … to demand a grace period during which prior form versions could...
Please read the 29.Dec.16 update on this information. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a revised version of the application to register permanent residence or adjust status (form I-485) today and, effective immediately, will no longer accept any other versions of the form. No...
On December 22, 2016, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is expected to issue a new version of the application for naturalization (form N-400). Beginning December 23, 2016, the USCIS will accept ONLY this new version of the form. Any previous version of the...
On December 23, 2016, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is implementing a substantial filing fee increase for nearly all case types. The raised fees apply to cases received by the USCIS on or after December 23rd. A more detailed overview of the raise...
Answer Generally speaking, a person may remain in L1B status for a maximum of 5 years. An approved I-140 cannot be used as a basis to extend L1B status beyond the 5-year max. Rather, to be eligible to return in L1B status, one typically would need...
