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.
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.
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.
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.