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  News: USCIS Provides Clarifying Guidance on O-1 Nonimmigrants in Arts vs. Motion Picture and Television

  • Published: 01-14-2022, 05:09 AM
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  News: USCIS Provides Clarifying Guidance on O-1 Nonimmigrants in Arts vs. Motion Picture and Television

  USCIS Provides Clarifying Guidance on O-1 Nonimmigrants in Arts vs. Motion Picture and Television Release Date: 01/13/2022 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced clarifying guidance on how we determine whether an O-1B beneficiary will be evaluated as a person of extraordinary ability in the arts or as a person of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry when a case has elements of both. Individuals of extraordinary ability in the arts o...

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  News: USCIS Reminds that Immigration Help Available to Those Affected by Natural Disasters and Other Unforeseen Circumstances

  • Published: 01-13-2022, 07:07 AM
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  News: USCIS Reminds that Immigration Help Available to Those Affected by Natural Disasters and Other Unforeseen Circumstances

  Immigration Help Available to Those Affected by Natural Disasters and Other Unforeseen Circumstances Release Date 01/12/2022 USCIS is reminding the public that we offer immigration services that may help people affected by unforeseen circumstances such as natural disasters. Examples of unforeseen circumstances include, but are not limited to, the Marshall fire in Colorado.  The following measures may be available on a case-by-case basis upon request:  Changin...

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  News: OFLC Publishes List of Randomized H-2B Applications Submitted January 1-3 for Employers Seeking H-2B Workers Starting April 1, 2022

  • Published: 01-12-2022, 07:39 AM
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  News: OFLC Publishes List of Randomized H-2B Applications Submitted January 1-3 for Employers Seeking H-2B Workers Starting April 1, 2022

  January 7, 2022. OFLC Publishes List of Randomized H-2B Applications Submitted January 1-3 for Employers Seeking H-2B Workers Starting April 1, 2022. To keep the public informed regarding the submission and assignment of H-2B applications for review, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) published the assignment group(s) for 7,875 H-2B applications covering 136,555 worker positions with the start date of work of April 1, 2022. Following the randomization procedures published in the Federal Register on March 4, 2019, OFLC completed the randomization process on January 4 and assigned to National Processing Center analysts all H-2B applications placed in ...

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  News: DHS Announces Final Rule for Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments for Inflation

  • Published: 01-11-2022, 07:12 AM
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  News: DHS Announces Final Rule for Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments for Inflation

  [Federal Register Volume 87, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2022)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 1317-1330] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2022-00105] ======================================================================== Rules and Regulations Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents having general applicability and lega...

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  News: DOS Announces Diversity Visa Reassignment Procedures for Kabul and Baghdad

  • Published: 01-10-2022, 06:23 AM
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  News: DOS Announces Diversity Visa Reassignment Procedures for Kabul and Baghdad

  Diversity Visa Reassignment Procedures for Kabul and Baghdad Last Updated: January 5, 2022 If you are a Diversity Visa (DV) selectee for the 2022 DV program year with a case assigned to U.S. Embassy Kabul or Baghdad, you should request reassignment of your DV case to another embassy or consulate that processes immigrant visa applications. Visit https://www.usembassy.gov/ to check if an embassy or consulate processes immigrant visas. Please be aware that you must be physically present in th...

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  News: CRS Report on Migrant Smuggling: Background and Selected Issues

  • Published: 01-07-2022, 06:21 AM
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  News: CRS Report on Migrant Smuggling: Background and Selected Issues

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  News: CRS Report on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Authorities and Procedures

  • Published: 01-06-2022, 06:33 AM
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  News: CRS Report on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Authorities and Procedures

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  News: Presidential Proclamation Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease 2019 Revoked

  • Published: 01-05-2022, 06:10 AM
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  News: Presidential Proclamation Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease 2019 Revoked

  [Federal Register Volume 87, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2022)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 149-150] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2021-28534] [[Page 147]] Vol. 87 Monday, No. 1 January 3, 2022 Part II The President ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Proclamation 10329--Revoking Proclamation 10315 Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 1 / Monday, January 3, 2022 / Presid...

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  News: OFLC Announces Number of H-2B Applications Filed in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway System during First 48 Hours of the Peak Filing Season

  • Published: 01-04-2022, 08:18 AM
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  News: OFLC Announces Number of H-2B Applications Filed in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway System during First 48 Hours of the Peak Filing Season

  JANUARY 3, 2021. OFLC ANNOUNCES NUMBER OF H-2B APPLICATIONS FILED IN THE FOREIGN LABOR APPLICATION GATEWAY SYSTEM DURING FIRST 48 HOURS OF THE PEAK FILING SEASON During the first two days of the H-2B peak filing season, employers filed 5,148 applications in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway System requesting more than 92,803 worker positions with an April 1, 2021, or later, work start date. The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) will continue to accept H-2B applications during the thre...

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  News: USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests

  • Published: 01-03-2022, 07:22 AM
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  News: USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests

  USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests Release Date: 12/30/2021 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is extending the flexibilities it announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants, petitioners, and requestors who are responding to certain: Requests for Evidence; Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14); Notices of Intent to Deny; Notices of Intent to Revoke; Notices of Intent to Rescind; Notices of Intent to Terminate re...

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