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On March 20 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the temporary suspension of the “premium processing” adjudication service until further notice. With premium processing, USCIS guarantees action on the petition within 15 calendar days of receipt of the request along with payment of the required $1,440 premium processing filing […]
On March 17, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the temporary closure of its offices to the public, effective March 18 through at least April 1. The closure affects local USCIS field offices, asylum offices, and Application Support Centers. The following services are suspended as a result of the […]
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 […]
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” […]