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  News: USCIS Releases Important Update on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

  • Published: 09-19-2023, 02:11 AM
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  News: USCIS Releases Important Update on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

  Important Update on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Release Date: 09/18/2023 On Sept. 13, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a decision finding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Final Rule unlawful and expanding the original July 16, 2021 injunction and order of vacatur to cover the Final Rule. However, the court maintained a partial stay of the order for “all DACA recipients who received their initial DACA statu...

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  News: DHS Issues Proposed Rule to Modernize H-2 Temporary Visa Programs and Strengthen Worker Protections

  • Published: 09-19-2023, 02:08 AM
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  News: DHS Issues Proposed Rule to Modernize H-2 Temporary Visa Programs and Strengthen Worker Protections

  DHS Issues Proposed Rule to Modernize H-2 Temporary Visa Programs and Strengthen Worker Protections Release Date: 09/18/2023 WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took steps to strengthen protections for temporary workers through the H-2A temporary agricultural and the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker programs (H-2 programs). In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published today, DHS proposed modernizing and improving the H-2 programs by ...

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  News: USCIS to Celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day by Welcoming More Than 6,900 New Citizens

  • Published: 09-18-2023, 04:44 AM
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  News: USCIS to Celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day by Welcoming More Than 6,900 New Citizens

  USCIS to Celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day by Welcoming More Than 6,900 New Citizens Release Date: 09/15/2023 Weeklong celebration highlights naturalization ceremonies and new initiatives WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day by welcoming more than 6,900 new citizens in over 130 naturalization ceremonies across the nation between Sept. 17 and Sept. 22. “USCIS will continue to work in communities to raise awareness ab...

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  News: DOS Testing Digital Visa Authorization at the U.S. Embassy in Dublin

  • Published: 09-15-2023, 03:55 AM
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  News: DOS Testing Digital Visa Authorization at the U.S. Embassy in Dublin

  Digital Visa Authorization (DVA) Proof of Concept Last Updated: September 8, 2023 The State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs is developing the capability to issue a digital visa authorization (DVA) instead of the traditional visa printed and placed in applicants’ passports. The U.S. Embassy in Dublin is conducting a limited DVA proof of concept with a small number of K-1 (fiancé(e)) visas. If this initial proof of concept is successful, we envisage extending the DVA to other v...

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  News: USCIS Issues Correction in Notice for Extension and Redesignation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status

  • Published: 09-14-2023, 04:36 AM
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  News: USCIS Issues Correction in Notice for Extension and Redesignation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status

  [Federal Register Volume 88, Number 174 (Monday, September 11, 2023)] [Notices] [Page 62386] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: C1-2023-19312] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [CIS No. 2748-23; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2014-004] RIN 1615-ZB79 Extension and Redesi...

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  News: USCIS Clarifies Guidance for EB-1 Eligibility Criteria

  • Published: 09-13-2023, 02:36 AM
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  News: USCIS Clarifies Guidance for EB-1 Eligibility Criteria

  USCIS Clarifies Guidance for EB-1 Eligibility Criteria Release Date 09/12/2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing policy guidance in our Policy Manual to clarify the types of evidence that we may evaluate to determine eligibility for extraordinary ability (E11) and outstanding professor or researcher (E12) EB-1 immigrant visa classifications. The update adds clarifying guidance describing examples of evidence that may satisfy the relevant evidentiary criteria or qualify as comparable evid...

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  News: USCIS Reminds Affirmative Asylum Applicants Must Provide Interpreters Starting Sept. 13

  • Published: 09-12-2023, 02:09 AM
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  News: USCIS Reminds Affirmative Asylum Applicants Must Provide Interpreters Starting Sept. 13

  Affirmative Asylum Applicants Must Provide Interpreters Starting Sept. 13 Release Date: 09/11/2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reminds affirmative asylum applicants that, starting Sept. 13, 2023, you must bring an interpreter to your asylum interview if you are not fluent in English or wish to proceed with your interview in a language other than English. If you need an interpreter and do not bring one, or if your interpreter is not fluent in English and a language you speak, and you do n...

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  News: DHS Extends TPS Re-registration Periods for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan to 18 Months

  • Published: 09-11-2023, 06:10 AM
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  News: DHS Extends TPS Re-registration Periods for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan to 18 Months

  DHS Extends TPS Re-registration Periods for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan to 18 Months Release Date: 09/08/2023 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending from 60 days to 18 months the periods to re-register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the designations of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan.  The 18-month re-registration period under the designation of:  El Salvador now runs through March 9, 2025;  Haiti n...

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  News: DOS Publishes Update on Diversity Visa (DV) Program 2023

  • Published: 09-08-2023, 05:43 AM
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  News: DOS Publishes Update on Diversity Visa (DV) Program 2023

  Update on Diversity Visa (DV) Program 2023 Last Updated: September 7, 2023 The Diversity Visa (DV) program awards up to 55,000 immigrant visas per year and allows those from countries with low immigration rates to the United States, to enter for a chance to apply for a U.S immigrant visa. Since its launch in 1990, the program has continued the ongoing policy priority to promote and maintain diversity in the United States. This year, the Department of State is on track to reach the annual DV issu...

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  News: DOS Final Rule Reverting Regulatory Text on Public Charge to Previous Version

  • Published: 09-07-2023, 09:27 AM
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  News: DOS Final Rule Reverting Regulatory Text on Public Charge to Previous Version

  [Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 60574-60583] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2023-19047] [[Page 60574]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF STATE 22 CFR Part 40 [Public Notice: 11921] RIN 1400-AE87 Visas: Ineligibility Based on Public Charge AGENCY: Departm...

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