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EAD for Humanitarian Parolee
By Tiyalaw at August 20, 2019 | 5:03 pm | 0 Comment
EAD for Humanitarian Parolee Certain foreign national who are paroled into the U.S. for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit may be eligible to apply for discretionary employment authorization with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS will consider such employment authorization, on a case-by=case more...
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L-1 One-Year Foreign Employment Requirement
By Tiyalaw at November 29, 2018 | 9:37 pm | 0 Comment
L-1 One-Year Foreign Employment Requirement Recently, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) clarified the “one-year foreign employment” for an L-1A intracompany transferee as follows: 1. The L-1 Beneficiary must be physically outside the U.S. during the continuous one-year foreign employment, except for brief visits more...
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H-1B Cap Petitions: Cap-Gap F-1 Status or F-1 Work Authorization is Valid Till September 30, 2018
By Tiyalaw at September 28, 2018 | 7:56 pm | 0 Comment
H-1B Cap Petitions: Cap-Gap F-1 Status or F-1 Work Authorization is Valid Till September 30, 2018 Immigration law provides that certain F-1 students with pending or approved cap-subject H-1B Petitions that have been timely field for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 for change-of-status for an October 1, 2018 H-1B start-date will have their F-1 status or F-1 more...
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Proposed Law on Public Charge for Denying Cases for More Current and Potential Welfare Benefits Recipients
By Tiyalaw at September 27, 2018 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Proposed Law on Public Charge for Denying Cases for More Current and Potential Welfare Benefits Recipients Recently, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposes new law to widen the “public charge” determination for recipients of various welfare benefits. Those who are likely to become a “public charge” at any time in the future more...
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Implementing New Immigration Policy on Referral for Removal/Deportation
By Tiyalaw at September 26, 2018 | 4:12 pm | 0 Comment
Implementing New Immigration Policy on Referral for Removal/Deportation On October 1, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin implementing updated immigration policy (issued on June 28, 2018) on removal (deportation). A removal proceeding is initiated by filing a Form I-862, Notice to Appear (NTA) with the Immigration more...
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Immigration Help Due to Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut
By Tiyalaw at September 19, 2018 | 1:37 pm | 0 Comment
Immigration Help Due to Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will expedite or provide discretionary services of immigration cases impacted by unforeseen or extreme situations, or natural disasters such as the Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut. Upon request more...
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Immigration Help for Those Affected by California Wildfires
By Tiyalaw at August 15, 2018 | 12:45 pm | 0 Comment
Immigration Help for Those Affected by California Wildfires U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will expedite or provide discretionary handling of immigration cases impacted by unforeseen or extreme situations, or natural catastrophes such as the recent California wildfires. Expedite or discretionary request may be more...
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New USCIS Policy on Unlawful Presence for Students and Exchange Visitors
By Tiyalaw at August 14, 2018 | 8:18 pm | 0 Comment
New USCIS Policy on Unlawful Presence for Students and Exchange Visitors The new immigration policy is that the accrual of unlawful presence is suspended when students and exchange visitors (F, J or M nonimmigrant) file a reinstatement application within five months of falling out of status, and while the application is pending with USCIS. In general, more...
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USCIS Returned All Unselected H-1B Cap Petitions
By Tiyalaw at July 31, 2018 | 10:36 am | 0 Comment
USCIS Returned All Unselected H-1B Cap Petitions On July 30, 2018, USCIS indicated it has returned all fiscal year 2019 H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected in the H-1B lottery system (computer-generated random selection process). Petitioners with H-1Bs that were received by USCIS between April 2 and April 6, 2018, and who have not more...
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I-751 Biometric Appointment Notices with Incorrect Application Support Center
By Tiyalaw at May 23, 2018 | 7:02 pm | 0 Comment
I-751 Biometric Appointment Notices with Incorrect Application Support Center U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) biometric services appointment notices dated 05/04/2018 for I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence contain errors. These notices instructed Petitioners to appear on May 21, 2018 at Application Support Center (ASC) more...
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