U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on January 31, 2020 a new version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (version 10/21/2019). Employers can use the new Form I-9 now and must use the new Form I-9 beginning April 30, 2020. Beginning April 30, 2020, the prior version of Form I-9 (Rev. 07/17/2017 […]
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New USCIS Forms Address Public Charge and Public Benefits Questions
7 Feb
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
In August, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a rule requiring inquiry into whether applicants for immigrant visas (“green card”) and applicants for a change or extension of nonimmigrant (temporary) status may have received public benefits that would render them inadmissible to the United States on “public charge” […]
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration Public Charge Rule
29 Jan
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
In August, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a rule requiring inquiry into whether immigrants in certain nonimmigrant classifications may have received public benefits that would render them inadmissible to the United States on “public charge” grounds. Because existing USCIS forms do not ask applicants about prior receipt […]
On December 6, 2019, USCIS announced that a new registration process will go into effect for Fiscal Year 2021 H-1B petitions filed under the Fiscal Year 2021 H-1B quota. USCIS plans to publish notice in the Federal Register in the coming weeks. The change was originally proposed in December 2018, […]