In 2017, USCIS implemented a regulation facilitating an automatic, 180-day extension of EADs for certain categories of EAD holders, which took effect with the provision that the individual filed a timely request for EAD extension. The increased challenges faced by USCIS due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused a massive backlog and a 180-day extension was no longer sufficient to solve…
USCIS establishes a program that permits eligible Ukrainian citizens and certain immediate family members who have been displaced by Russian aggression to be sponsored online for humanitarian parole to the United States by an eligible U.S.-based sponsor. To be eligible for humanitarian parole under Uniting for Ukraine, applicants will need to: Resided in Ukraine immediately before the Russian invasion (through Feb.…
DOS posted the visa bulletin for June 2022. Visa numbers will still be current for Second preference (F2A) – spouses and children (unmarried and under 21 years of age) of lawful permanent residents and employment-based petitions. Most regions have been set to “Current” for June 2022 in an effort to maximize number use during the DV-2022 program year. Remzi Guvenc…
Since 2011 USCIS has been issuing employment and travel authorization on a single card which is called a combo card for the green card applicants who are filing an Adjustment of Status Application. This card allows applicants to carry a single document that can be used for travel and as work authorization. Because of the serious EAD backlog, USCIS has…
Now applicants will be able to pay their filing fee and biometrics services fee with a credit card which is issued by the U.S. if they are filing; An application, petition, or request with a USCIS lockbox; or An application, petition, or request with the USCIS service centers. There will not be any additional cost to file by credit card and credit…
DOS posted the visa bulletin for May 2022. Visa numbers will still be current for Second preference (F2A) – spouses and children (unmarried and under 21 years of age) of lawful permanent residents and employment-based petitions. This month’s visa bulletin shows the Diversity Immigrant category Rank cut-off number for Europe in May as 27,000 and it will be current in…
