Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Validity Extended for TPS El Salvador Beneficiaries

USCIS is automatically extending the validity of certain EADs issued under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador for an additional 6 months. On July 8, 2016, DHS announced the extension of the designation of El Salvador for TPS for a period of 18 months. With that extension, DHS also automatically extended the validity of EADs issued under TPS El Salvador for 6 months, through March 9, 2017. To

USCIS published the updated M-274, Handbook for Employers: Guidance for Completing Form I-9 (PDF, 5.36 MB). The Handbook for Employers provides employers with detailed guidance for completing Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. This version dated Jan. 22, 2017, replaces the previous version. It reflects revisions to Form I-9, which was revised on Nov. 14, 2016.

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The Handbook for Employers:

• Details how to properly complete the revised

 
Comenzando el 3 de abril de 2017, USCIS suspenderá temporalmente el procesamiento prioritario de peticiones H-1B. Esta suspensión puede durar hasta seis meses. Mientras el procesamiento prioritario de peticiones H-1B esté suspendido, los peticionarios no podrán presentar el Formulario I-907, Petición de Procesamiento Prioritario de un Formulario I-129, Petición de Trabajador No Inmigrante que está requiriendo la clasificación de no inmigrante H-1B. Notificaremos al público antes de

Starting April 3, 2017, USCIS will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions. This suspension may last up to 6 months. While H-1B premium processing is suspended, petitioners will not be able to file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service for a Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker which requests the H-1B nonimmigrant classification. USCIS will notify the public before resuming premium processing for H-1B petitions.

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A partir del 16 de febrero de 2017, USCIS comenzó a reexpedir notificaciones de recibo (Formulario I-797) para las personas que solicitaron la renovación de su Documento de Autorización de Empleo (EAD, por sus siglas en inglés) entre el 21 de julio de 2016 y el 16 de enero de 2017, y aquellos cuyas solicitudes permanecen en trámite en alguna de las siguientes categorías:

• (a)(3) Refugiado
• (a)(5) Solicitante de Asilo
• (a)(7) N-8 or N-9
• (a)(8) Ciudadano de Micronesia, Islas Marshall o

Starting February 16, 2017, USCIS began reissuing receipt notices (Form I-797) to individuals who applied to renew their Employment Authorization Document (EAD) between July 21, 2016 and January 16, 2017, and whose applications remain pending in the following categories:

• (a)(3) Refugee
• (a)(5) Asylee
• (a)(7) N-8 or N-9
• (a)(8) Citizen of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, or Palau
• (a)(10) Withholding of deportation or removal granted
• (c)(8) Asylum application pending
• (c)(9) Pending adjustment of status

AILA's Texas Service Center (TSC) Liaison Committee has been receiving reports that USCIS is issuing problematic RFEs for EB-1(A) and EB-1(C) I-140 petitions requesting information previously not required or evidence already provided. These RFEs often include boilerplate language reiterating the qualifications and evidence needed for the specific category requested.

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The TSC Liaison Committee is collecting these examples for the purpose of

Parole in Place for Families of Certain Military Personnel and Veterans

 
USCIS has authority to grant parole to noncitizen applicants for admission, including those residing in the United States (through “parole in place”),4 on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. INA § 212(d)(5)(A), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5)(A).

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The 2013 PM provides guidance on granting parole, on a discretionary case-by-case

US Customs and Border Protection has long considered US borders and airports a kind of loophole in the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protections, one that allows them wide latitude to detain travelers and search their devices. For years, they’ve used that opportunity to hold border-crossers on the slightest suspicion, and demand access to their computers and phones with little formal cause or oversight. Even citizens are far from immune. CBP detainees from journalists to filmmakers to

INA §212(d)(3) provides U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with the authority to waive most grounds of inadmissibility for individuals entering the United States as nonimmigrants. CBP's Admissibility Review Office (ARO) adjudicates applications for nonimmigrant waivers.

Nonimmigrant waivers are broken down into two subcategories. Waivers under INA §212(d)(3)(A)(i) are filed at a U.S. Consulate in connection with a visa application. There is no specific form or a filing fee for these

 
On November 18, 2016, DHS published a final rule intended to improve the retention of high-skilled nonimmigrant and immigrant workers. Effective January 17, 2017, the regulations require the use of the new Supplement J to Form I-485 to either:

1. Confirm that the job offered to the applicant in the Form I-140 is the basis of the Form I-485 and remains available; or
2. Request job portability in a same or similar occupational classification under INA §204(j) where the adjustment application has

Estimado cliente,

USCIS ha recibido un alto número de solicitudes de exención de tarifas que no cumplen con los criterios de USCIS cuando se presentan en relación a la solicitud de visa del Formulario I-360 bajo la Ley de Violencia contra Mujeres (VAWA, por sus siglas en inglés), para cónyuges, hijos y padres abusados,  el Formulario I-914, Solicitud al Estatus T de no Inmigrante y el Formulario I-918, Petición de Estatus U de no inmigrante, para las víctimas de la trata de personas y otros

USCIS has received a high number of fee waiver requests that do not meet USCIS guidelines when submitted in connection with Form I-360 visa petition under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for Battered Spouse, Children & Parents, and Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status and Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, for  Victims of Human Trafficking and Other Crimes.

Filing Fees
Forms I-360, I-914 and I-918 do not require a filing fee; however, other applications that

We would like to share information about the 2017 District Export Council (DEC) Scholarship for International Business.

 
District Export Councils contribute leadership and international trade expertise to complement the U.S. Commercial Service’s export promotion efforts, through counselling businesses on the exporting process and conducting trade education and community outreach. The 56 District Export Councils (DECs) nationwide are organizations comprised of leaders from their local

Everyone's Rights During and Immigration (ICE) Raid

Everyone- both documented and undocumented persons- have rights in this country.

Make sure you and others know what to do if approached by ICE officers. 

• Inform your family members (even children), housemates, neighbors, and co-workers, of their right to remain silents and all of these rights if ICE or the police comes to your home.

You have the right to remain silent.

• You can refuse to speak to an ICE agent. Do not answer any questions

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H-1B Special Occupation Workers
 
The Executive Order (hereinafter “the Order”) only mentions H-1B visas in the following excerpt “[t]he Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider ways to make the process for allocating H-1B visas more efficient and ensure that beneficiaries of the program are the best and the brightest . . . .”

 
Although the Executive Order lacks specificity as to how exactly it will affect H-1B visas, the

On June 17, 2011, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton issued a memorandum directing ICE staff to consider declining to put people in removal proceedings, terminating proceedings, or delaying removals in cases where people have longstanding ties to the community, U.S.-citizen family members, or other characteristics.

https://www.ice.gov/doclib/secure-communities/pdf/prosecutorial-discretion-memo.pdf

“Prosecutorial discretion” is the authority of an agency or officer to

Limiting legal immigration: “Protecting American Jobs and Workers by Strengthening the Integrity of Foreign Worker Visa Programs”

On Tuesday, Vox was given six documents that purported to be draft executive orders under consideration by the Trump administration. The source noted that “all of these documents are still going through formal review” in the Executive Office of the President and “have not yet been cleared by the [the Department of Justice or the Office of Legal Counsel].”

Read the

What Immigrants Families Should Know 

    Talk to an immigration attorney immediately.                                                                               

• If you have a green card, find out if you can become a U.S. citizen.
• If you are here on a visa, find out if you can get a green card.
• If you do not have immigration status, find out if you may be eligible to get a visa or work permit.

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• Make a child care and family preparedness

Please join the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium and other pro-immigrant and pro-refugee groups TOMORROW (1/26) at 11:30 a.m. at the San Diego County Administrative Building  (1600 Pacific Highway, Harbor Blvd. Side).

We will be standing on the side of justice for our Muslim and refugee brothers and sisters in response to the first executive order (halting refugee admissions and temporarily banning legal immigration from certain predominantly Muslim countries.)

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