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  News: USCIS Announces Premium Processing; New Online-Filing Procedures for Certain F-1 Students Seeking OPT or STEM OPT Extensions

  • Published: 03-07-2023, 06:31 AM
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  News: USCIS Announces Premium Processing; New Online-Filing Procedures for Certain F-1 Students Seeking OPT or STEM OPT Extensions

  USCIS Announces Premium Processing; New Online-Filing Procedures for Certain F-1 Students Seeking OPT or STEM OPT Extensions Release Date: 03/06/2023 WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today the expansion of premium processing for certain F-1 students seeking Optional Practical Training (OPT) and F-1 students seeking science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) OPT extensions who have a pending Form I-765, Application...

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  News: USCIS Issues Clarifying Guidance on Eligibility for the O-1B Visa Classification

  • Published: 03-06-2023, 06:26 AM
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  News: USCIS Issues Clarifying Guidance on Eligibility for the O-1B Visa Classification

  USCIS Issues Clarifying Guidance on Eligibility for the O-1B Visa Classification Release Date: 03/03/2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today issued policy guidance (PDF, 310.33 KB) clarifying how it evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for O-1B nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability in the arts and nonimmigrants of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry. Policy updates include adding a chart in the appendix that describ...

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  News: USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Second Half of FY 2023 and Announces Filing Dates for the Second Half of FY 2023 Supplemental Visas

  • Published: 03-03-2023, 07:37 AM
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  News: USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Second Half of FY 2023 and Announces Filing Dates for the Second Half of FY 2023 Supplemental Visas

  USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Second Half of FY 2023 and Announces Filing Dates for the Second Half of FY 2023 Supplemental Visas Release Date 03/02/2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received enough petitions to meet the H-2B cap for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2023 and is announcing the filing dates for supplemental H-2B visas for the reminder of FY 2023 made available under the FY 2023 H-2B supplemental visa temporary final rule. H-2B Cap for Second Half of FY 2023 USCIS has received enough petitions to meet the congressionally man...

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  News: USCIS to Start Collecting Fee for EB-5 Integrity Fund

  • Published: 03-02-2023, 06:06 AM
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  News: USCIS to Start Collecting Fee for EB-5 Integrity Fund

  USCIS to Start Collecting Fee for EB-5 Integrity Fund Release Date: 03/01/2023 Today, the Department of Homeland Security posted a Federal Register notice providing information related to the EB-5 Integrity Fund. We will use the EB-5 Integrity Fund primarily to administer the EB-5 Regional Center Program, as required by the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022. Starting March 2, we will collect an annual fee from each designated regional center to finance the EB-5 Integrity Fund. As required under the new EB-5 law, the fee is $20,000 for reg...

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  News: The Department of Labor Publishes Final Rule Revising the Methodology Used to Determine the Adverse Effect Wage Rates for Non-Range Occupations in the H-2A Program

  • Published: 03-01-2023, 06:50 AM
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  News: The Department of Labor Publishes Final Rule Revising the Methodology Used to Determine the Adverse Effect Wage Rates for Non-Range Occupations in the H-2A Program

  February 28, 2023. The Department of Labor Publishes Final Rule Revising the Methodology Used to Determine the Adverse Effect Wage Rates for Non-Range Occupations in the H-2A Program The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) has published a final rule that amends its regulations regarding the methodology used to determine the Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for non-range agricultural occupations in the H-2A visa program. The new methodology will result in AEWRs that better protect against adv...

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  News: CRS Report on Constitutional Authority Statements: A Quick Guide

  • Published: 02-28-2023, 06:30 AM
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  News: CRS Report on Constitutional Authority Statements: A Quick Guide

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  News: CRS Report on COVID-Related Travel Restrictions on Arriving Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Foreign Nationals with Valid Documents

  • Published: 02-27-2023, 06:31 AM
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  News: CRS Report on COVID-Related Travel Restrictions on Arriving Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Foreign Nationals with Valid Documents

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  News: CRS Report on Regulating Federal Law Enforcement: Considerations for Congress

  • Published: 02-24-2023, 07:10 AM
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  News: USCIS Issues Clarifying Guidance for Individuals Authorized to Work Under Special Student Relief Provisions

  • Published: 02-23-2023, 06:34 AM
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  News: USCIS Issues Clarifying Guidance for Individuals Authorized to Work Under Special Student Relief Provisions

  USCIS Issues Clarifying Guidance for Individuals Authorized to Work Under Special Student Relief Provisions Release Date: 02/22/2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the validity period of employment authorization for F-1 nonimmigrant students experiencing severe economic hardship due to emergent circumstances (also known as special student relief (SSR)) who are work authorized under the SSR provisions of 8...

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  News: DHS and DOJ Propose Rule to Incentivize Lawful Migration Processes

  • Published: 02-22-2023, 06:03 AM
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  News: DHS and DOJ Propose Rule to Incentivize Lawful Migration Processes

  DHS and DOJ Propose Rule to Incentivize Lawful Migration Processes Release Date: February 21, 2023 WASHINGTON – As previewed in the January 5 border enforcement announcement to limit irregular migration and create additional safe and orderly processes, today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are issuing a proposed rule to incentivize the use of new and existing lawful processes and disincentivize dangerous border crossings, ...

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