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Latest — Jul 17, 2022

Second Phase of Premium Processing Expansion to begin August 1, 2022

USCIS will be implementing the second phase of its planned expansion of its premium processing service starting August 1, 2022. For those who are unaware, Premium processing is a service provided by USCIS that allows you to pay an extra fee to get your application adjudicated quicker (in many cases

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USCIS Gives Implementation Date for Some Expansion of Premium Processing

Photo by Saffu [https://unsplash.com/@saffu?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit] / Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit] Today USCIS announced implementation dates for the expansion of premium processing to the EB-2 NIW and EB-1 Multinational Professional categories. However,

USCIS extending the auto-extension period for EADs from 180 days to 540 Days

USCIS will issue a temporary final rule providing that the automatic extension period applicable to expiring EADs for certain renewal applicants who have filed Form I-765 will be increased from up to 180 days to up to 540 days from the expiration date stated on their EADs. This increase will

May 2022 Visa Bulletin Released - Not Much Movement

[https://adamfrankesq.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/unknown.jpeg]The biggest take away from this months Visa Bulletin is that there was little, if any movement for any category, except some forward movement for India EB–2 cases. See Below for details. Family Based Visa Dates FB1 – Adult Children (unmarried)

USCIS transferring almost ALL EB I-485s from TSC and NSC to the National Benefits Center

[https://adamfrankesq.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/immigration-impact-uscis-transfer-applications-e1560978225761.jpg] Image from Immigration ImpactUSCIS has majorly reconfigured how it is handling I-485s based upon I-140s. For all I-485s based upon I-140s EXCEPT Employment Based Category 4 cases (religious workers and some other special immigrants), USCIS is transferring the I-485 cases from

USCIS Adds 22 New Fields to the STEM OPT list

AILA today reported that USCIS has added 22 new files of study to the STEM designated degree program list. AILA stated: > On January 21, 2022, the Department of Homeland Securityannounced [https://www.aila.org/infonet/dhs-notice-adding-22-qualifying-fields-of-study-to] that it updated theSTEM Designated Degree Program List [https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/stem-opt-hub/additional-resources/

Is Immigration Reform Possible Soon?

[https://adamfrankesq.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/b677f-images.jpeg]Is there a possibility that congress may be able to pass immigration reform soon? Democrats are making a big push to do so, but there margin is extremely slim (1 Senator), so how can they get this done? What the Democrats

Local USCIS Office Personnel being pulled out to help Afghan Refugees

[https://adamfrankesq.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/4f0d7-960x0-1.jpg]USCIS has indicated that some local USCIS office personnel are being pulled out of the local offices to go to US Military bases to help process the incoming Afghan Refugees. In the local DC Field Office all September (or, at least,

Summary of President Biden's Immigration Reform Bill

[https://adamfrankesq.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/images.jpeg]While President Biden submitted his legislation to overhaul the US Immigration system to Congress on his first day in office, the actual text of the bill was not released initially primarily because Congress has not actually introduced the bill in Congress

How Trump Officials Tried to end the H-1B Visa Program

[https://adamfrankesq.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/1a05c-immigration-lawyer-in-houston-new-state-department-90-day-rule.jpeg] For those interested in the difficulties that companies and individuals went through over the past 4 years in terms of getting and renewing H-1Bs, a good article has come out on Forbes Magazine and on its website (link here [https://www.