DHS is expected to solicit comments from the public regarding the proposal to rescind the entrepreneur rule.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is temporarily delaying the effective date of the International Entrepreneur Final Rule (82 FR 5238). This delay will provide DHS with an opportunity to obtain comments from the public regarding a proposal to rescind the rule pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13767, “Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements.”

Background

On August

MAVNI

The MAVNI program began in 2008 when the Secretary of Defense authorized a pilot program hoping to bring desperately needed individuals into the military by granting an easier passage to citizenship.[1] The idea behind the program is simple: if you are a legal, non-citizen, meet the physical, administrative, and skill requirements, then enlist in the US military during a time of conflict, you will be granted citizenship upon completion of basic training.[2] The two main characteristics

AILA has recently received reports that employers have received emails from a contractor at the Department of State (DOS) via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. requesting confirmation that a beneficiary will be providing services at the company. AILA's DOS Liaison Committee confirmed with DOS Visa Office that This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is a legitimate email address. As such, employers should respond to the request accordingly.




We serve the following localities: San Diego County including San

Call for Examples: O and P Visa Issues in London

AILA's DOS Liaison Committee has recently received reports of issues with O and P visa processing at the consular post in London. If you have an experience where a petition has been recommended for revocation based on a misapplication of the legal standard, or if you have experienced any other issues with O and P visa processing in London, please complete the form below so that AILA can understand the scope of the issue(s) to be raised with the

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today published a revised Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (Form I-485). The new Form I-485 and instructions have been substantially updated to reduce complexity after collecting comments from the public and stakeholders.

The revised version gives applicants better information to accurately complete Form I-485, including clear navigation to the parts of the form and isntructions that are relevant to the

El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS, por sus siglas en inglés) publicó una actualización de la Solicitud para Registrar Residencia Permanente o Ajustar Estatus (Formulario I-485). El nuevo Formulario I-485 y las instucciones han sido actualizadas sustancialmente para reducir su complejidad, luego de recopilar comentarios del público y de los clientes.

La versión revisada brinda a los solicitantes información más precisa para completar con exactitud el

For Physicians under the Conrad 30 Waiver Program

WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that starting Monday, June 26, the agency will resume premium processing for all H-1B petitions filed for medical doctors under the Conrad 30 Waiver program, as well as interested government agency waivers. The Conrad 30 program allows certain medical doctors to stay in the United States on a temporary visa after completing their medical training to work in rural and

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has recently adopted a decision, clarifying when an applicant qualifies for the H-1B numerical cap exemption. Currently, USCIS is permitted to approve 65,000 H-1B petitions per year, granting temporary nonimmigrant visas for specialty occupations. In addition to this allotted amount, 20,000 H-1B visas can be approved should they fall under the H-1B numerical cap exemption. Under the exemption, applicants can still qualify for the

If you receive a phone call that appears to come from the Canadian government’s Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Call Centre (1-888-242-2100), hang up! Scammers are altering their caller IDs to appear as if they are calling from the IRCC Call Centre. The scammers tell people that their names and identities are under federal investigation. Sometimes they tell individuals that there is a legal case, an affidavit, and/or allegations against them.


If you receive a call

According to the State Department’s June Visa Bulletin, the priority date cutoff for EB-1 India and China has been set at January 1, 2012.

Final action cutoff dates for EB-2 will advance by over a week for India, to July 1, 2008, and by three weeks for China, to March 1, 2013.

In the EB-3 category, final action cutoff dates for professionals, skilled workers and other workers will advance by seven weeks for India, to May 15, 2005; by four months for the Philippines, to May 1, 2013; and by one

The visa bulletin for June was just posted online and the F1 preference for Mexico (final action chart) jumps from 6/15/1995 in May to 9/5/1995 in June.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if our office can help you take advantage of this (very time-sensitive for some) opportunity to file I-485 applications. We are also happy to provide a free quote for preparing and filing your I-485 application.

We also invite you to contact us if our office can be of any assistance in your immigration matters

USCIS announced on May 3, 2017, that data entry for FY2018 has been completed and that petitions not selected in the lottery would begin to be returned. However, it may take several weeks for all unselected petitions to be returned. In the interim, for those cases where neither a receipt nor a rejection notice has been received, students may continue to benefit from an automatic cap-gap extension until a rejection notice is received. Once such a notice is received, a student has the standard

USCIS anunció el 3 de mayo de 2017 que ha completado la entrada de datos de todas las peticiones de visas H-1B para el año fiscal 2018 seleccionadas en nuestro proceso de selección al azar generado por computadora. UCSIS comenzará ahora a devolver todas las peticiones H-1B sujetas a la cantidad máxima reglamentaria que no fueron seleccionadas. Debido al alto volumen de presentaciones, USCIS no puede proveer un estimado de tiempo preciso para devolver esas peticiones. USCIS solicita a los

USCIS announced on May 3, 2017, that it has completed data entry of all fiscal year 2018 H-1B cap-subject petitions selected in our computer-generated random process. USCIS will now begin returning all H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected. Due to the high volume of filings, USCIS is unable to provide a definite time frame for returning these petitions. USCIS asks petitioners not to inquire about the status of submitted cap-subject petitions until they receive a receipt notice or an

On April 19, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it was redesigning the Permanent Resident Card (also known as a Green Card) and the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) as part of the Next Generation Secure Identification Document Project. USCIS will begin issuing the new cards on May 1, 2017.

These redesigns use enhanced graphics and fraud-resistant security features to create cards that are highly secure and more tamper-resistant than the cards currently in use.

The

On May 26, 2015, USCIS began accepting I-765 Applications for Employment Authorization for certain H-4 spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants, where:

1. The H-1B spouse is the principal beneficiary of an approved Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker; or

2. The H-1B spouse has been granted status under sections 106(a) and (b) of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 as amended by the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (AC21). See 80 Fed. Reg

On December 12, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that it no longer recognizes the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) as an accrediting agency. This determination immediately affects two immigration-related programs:

• English language study programs, as the programs are required to be accredited under the Accreditation of English Language Training Programs Act.
• F-1 students applying for a 24-month science, technology, engineering and

USCIS has changed the direct filing addresses for where to file certain forms for beneficiaries who will be working or training in Florida, Georgia, or North Carolina. The changes are as follows:

• Starting May 20, 2017, anyone requesting L, O, or P nonimmigrant status for a beneficiary who will be working or training in Florida, Georgia, or North Carolina must file the Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker and/or Form I-129S, Nonimmigrant Petition Based on Blanket L Petition with

Además, las Tarjetas Verdes ya no tendrán una cinta óptica en la parte trasera.
Cómo Saber si su Tarjeta es VálidaAlgunas Tarjetas Verdes y EAD expedidos después del 1 de mayo de 2017 aún podrían tener el diseño actual, ya que USCIS continuará utilizando el inventario de tarjetas que tiene disponible hasta que se agote. Tanto las actuales tarjetas como las nuevas Tarjetas Verdes y EAD continuarán siendo válidos hasta la fecha que indica la tarjeta.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a redesign to the Permanent Resident Card (also known as a Green Card) and the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) as part of the Next Generation Secure Identification Document Project. USCIS will begin issuing the new cards on May 1, 2017.

These redesigns use enhanced graphics and fraud-resistant security features to create cards that are highly secure and more tamper-resistant than the ones currently in use.

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