USCIS RESUMES DACA –FOR NOW USCIS website – DACA Renewals OK “within one year of the expiration date of your last period of deferred action approved under DACA”. DACA recipients can now renew a request to extend DACA and work authorization until further notice according to a recent USCIS update. Until further notice, and unless …
Tech Worker Visas Face Uncertain Future Under Trump, Sessions
Tech Worker Visas Face Uncertain Future under Trump, Sessions SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The main U.S. visa program for technology workers could face renewed scrutiny under President-elect Donald Trump and his proposed Attorney General, Senator Jeff Sessions, a long-time critic of the skilled-worker program.H-1B visas admit 65,000 workers and another 20,000 graduate student workers each …
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FY2018 H1B Cap Reached Today
USCIS ANNOUNCES THE H1B CAP FOR FY 2018 REACHED TODAY U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today it has reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 visa H-1B cap for fiscal year 2018. USCIS has apparently also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa master’s degree cap. U.S. companies seeking to employ …
USCIS Scheduling Newest Asylum Seekers For Interviews First
USCIS SCHEDULING NEWEST ASYLUM SEEKERS FOR INTERVIEWS FIRST Starting January 29, 2018, the Asylum Division will give priority to the most recently filed affirmative asylum applications when scheduling asylum interviews. This move is intended to reduce the incentive to file for asylum solely to obtain a work permit and targets frivolous, fraudulent or otherwise non-meritorious asylum …
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Dreamers Not A Priority For Deportation – White House
DREAMERS NOT A PRIORITY FOR DEPORTATION – WHITE HOUSE According to the White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly, today, “Dreamers” would not be a priority for deportation, even if their Obama-era protections expire and a deadlocked Congress hasn’t completed a deal to protect them. In a meeting with reporters at the Capitol, he stated …
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TPS EAD For El Salvador Automatically Extended For 180 Days
TPS EAD FOR EL SALVADOR AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED FOR 180 DAYS The period of validity of EAD cards (work permits) for individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from El Salvador has been automatically extended by USCIS through September 5, 2018. TPS for El Salvador is set to expire on September 9, 2019. The US Department of Justice Immigrant …
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ICE PREPARING MASS ARRESTS OF THE UNDOCUMENTED IN NORCAL
ICE PREPARING MASS ARRESTS OF THE UNDOCUMENTED IN NORCAL ICE is preparing major sweeps in San Francisco and other Northern California cities that could result in the arrest of upwards of 1,500 undocumented immigrants. Such an operation marks the largest enforcement action yet targeting undocumented individuals since Trump took office and could rip thousands of families …
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USCIS TO RESUME DACA PROCESSING
From USCIS Website: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Response to January 2018 Preliminary Injunction Versión en español Jan. 13, 2018, Update: Due to a federal court order, USCIS has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under DACA. Until further notice, and unless otherwise provided in this guidance, the DACA policy will be …