On January 11, 2017, Mr. Leon Rodriguez, Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), gave his final comments during a stakeholder meeting.  Mr. Rodriguez elaborated on the accomplishments of...

On January 11, 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued proposed rules regarding the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center program.  The proposed rules address a number of issues. First, initial...

In December 14, 2016 comments with the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association, USCIS issued clarification on the effective date of the 180 day automatic EAD extension rule.  Under newly issued regulations, certain...

In an about face, USCIS has created a transition period during which it will accept form versions preceding the December 23, 2016 form updates.  USCIS announced it will accept prior versions of forms, except for Form N-400,...

Immigration practitioners were expecting the USCIS December 23, 2016 fee increases and issuance of a new Form N-400.  However, practitioners were not expecting issuance of new versions of almost every major form with no...