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...

The New Year is upon us and soon it will be 2017.  For companies seeking to hire high-skilled international workers, it means the start FY2018 H-1B filing season.  The filing period for H-1B cap subject petitions opens...

On November 18, 2016, USCIS issued new regulations regarding employment based immigrant and nonimmigrant workers.  The new rules make many of the policies previously set out in memoranda into official regulations.  The...