WASHINGTON— Los actuales beneficiarios del Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, por sus siglas en inglés) bajo la designación de Honduras que desean mantener su estatus hasta la fecha de vencimiento actual del 5 de julio de 2018, deben reinscribirse entre el 15 de diciembre de 2017 y el 13 de febrero de 2018. Los procedimientos de reinscripción, incluso cómo renovar la documentación de autorización de empleo, han sido publicados en el Registro Federal y en www.uscis.gov/es/tps.Todos los

WASHINGTON —El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció hoy que ha aclarado la guía de políticas (PDF, 71 KB) sobre las actividades laborales específicas que sus oficiales deben considerar al determinar si una persona cualifica para el estatus de no inmigrante TN en calidad de economista.El estatus de no inmigrante TN bajo Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (NAFTA, por sus siglas en inglés) permite que ciudadanos canadienses y

 Beginning October 2, 2017, all I-140-based adjustment of status applicants will be required to appear for an in-person interview at a USCIS Field Office.  On September 28, 2017, the Office of the CIS Ombudsman held a stakeholder call featuring Daniel Renaud, Associate Director of the USCIS Field Operations Directorate, who explained the purpose of the new requirement and provided information that will be of assistance in preparing clients for interviews.Who will be interviewed?All

On April 23, 2004, USCIS issued a memorandum titled “The Significance of a Prior CIS Approval of a Nonimmigrant Petition in the Context of a Subsequent Determination Regarding Eligibility for Extension of Petition Validity.” This memorandum directed adjudicators, when adjudicating petition extensions involving the same parties and underlying facts as the initial petition, to defer to prior determinations of eligibility, except in certain, limited circumstances.On August 17, 2015, USCIS issued a

El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración (USCIS, por sus siglas en inglés) reanudó hoy el procesamiento prioritario para todas las peticiones de extensiones de estadía de visas H-1B. El procesamiento prioritario está disponible ahora para todos los tipos de peticiones de H-1B.Las visas H-1B proporcionan trabajadores diestros para una variedad de trabajos especializados, entre los que se incluyen informática, ingeniería, y matemáticas. Cuando un peticionario solicita el servicio de procesamiento

WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed premium processing today for all H-1B visa extension of stay petitions. Premium processing is now available for all types of H-1B petitions.H-1B visas provide skilled workers for a wide range of specialty occupations, including information technology, engineering, and mathematics. When a petitioner requests the agency’s premium processing service, USCIS guarantees a 15-calendar day processing time. If that time is not met

   Bajo una nueva colaboración de intercambio de información entre el Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración (USCIS, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Administración del Seguro Social (SSA, por sus siglas en inglés), los trabajadores extranjeros que están en ciertas categorías o clasificaciones, ahora pueden solicitar simultáneamente un permiso de trabajo y un número de Seguro Social mediante el Formulario I-765, Solicitud de Autorización de Empleo.Para trabajar legalmente en Estados

WASHINGTON – Based on a new information-sharing partnership between U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA), foreign nationals in certain categories or classifications can now apply for work authorization and a social security number using a single form – the updated Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.To lawfully work in the United States, foreign workers in some categories and classifications need both an employment

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin expanding in-person interviews for certain immigration benefit applicants whose benefit, if granted, would allow them to permanently reside in the United States. This change complies with Executive Order 13780, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States,” and is part of the agency’s comprehensive strategy to further improve the detection and prevention of fraud and further enhance the

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

We are aware that some DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients may have submitted requests for renewals that have been pending longer than normal processing times. We make every effort to adjudicate cases within 120 days, whether they were filed timely or not. Timely filed cases are those that were submitted at least 120 days before the expiration of the current period of DACA and the employment authorization document.

This is an important update regarding the Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) program:

Dear Stakeholder:
USCIS invites you to participate in a teleconference on Thursday, June 9, from 3-4 p.m. Eastern about the extensions of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Honduras and Nicaragua. We will provide information about the extensions of the TPS designations and then answer non-case specific questions.

El “pequeño Marco” y sus menudos principios
Maribel Hastings

USCIS used to automatically stop the accrual of days on an asylum applicant's Employment Authorization Document (EAD) clock when the applicant filed a Form AR-11, Change of Address.

Optional Practical Training (OPT) for F-1 students is limited to 12 months and must be completed within 14 months of the student’s graduation. However, some students may be eligible for an additional 17 months of OPT following the initial 12-month period based on a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) extension. A student may be eligible for a 17-month STEM extension if the student’s employer is enrolled in E-Verify and agrees to report the student’s departure within 48 hours

Texas is leading 26 states dominated by Republicans in challenging the programs that Obama announced in 2014 and that have been put on hold by lower courts.

As Texas v. United States heads to the Supreme Court, the American Immigration Council is looking for sympathetic examples of DACA applications that have been denied solely for failure to establish that the applicant warrants a favorable exercise of discretion. Specifically, we are looking for sympathetic cases where the following checkbox on the template DACA denial is marked: "You have not established that you warrant a favorable exercise of prosecutorial discretion," and where the agency has

This week, SCOTUSblog is publishing a multi-part online symposium on United States v. Texas, a challenge by Texas and twenty-five other states to the Obama administration's deferred action initiatives.

Modernizing & Streamlining our Legal Immigration System for the 21st Century

 
Attorneys at Guerra & Johnson are participating in a stakeholder engagement on Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 2 to 3 p.m. (Eastern) to discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) final rule, “Enhancing Opportunities.” This is one of the recommendations published in the White House Report for Modernizing & Streamlining our Legal Immigration System for the 21st Century.