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USCIS Will Temporarily Suspend Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions

Announcement from USCIS Starting April 3, 2017, USCIS will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions. This suspension may last up to 6 months. While H-1B premium processing is suspended, petitioners will not be able to file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service for a Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker which requests the H-1B nonimmigrant classification. We will notify the public before resuming premium processing for H-1B petitions. Who Is Affected The temporary suspension applies to all H-1B petitions filed on or after April 3, 2017. Since FY18 cap-subject…Read More Breaking News

USCIS Message: I-765 Workload Transfer and Form I-140 Filing Location Updates

Message from AILA: USCIS announced that on December 19, 2016, it began sending some Forms I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, filed by applicants with a pending asylum application from the Nebraska Service Center and the Texas Service Center to the Potomac Service Center in order to balance workloads. USCIS also changed the direct filing address for Form I-140 cases requesting premium processing with a worksite location in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or Tennessee.Read More Breaking News

USCIS will actually will allow a grace period on old forms.

Message from AILA Updated December 29, 2016: After considerable pressure from AILA and other stakeholders, on December 29, 2016, USCIS announced that it will accept prior versions of forms that were revised on December 23, 2016, until February 21, 2017. The only exception to this grace period is the Form N-400, as USCIS announced the version change to that form on December 13, 2016 (AILA Doc. No. 16122930).Read More Breaking News

Happy Holidays – Obama ends NSEERS!

We wish all of you Happy Holidays. It has been a long fight for years for the rights of legal immigration during the Obama Administration. However, thanks to the President many good things happened including the H4 EAD, Prosecutorial Discretion, I-140 EAD, etc. Next year is going to be more stressful and difficult than ever. However, we should not despair and continue the fight. Today the Obama Administration ended the NSEERS where thousands of people were punished just because of their countries of origin. This is good news, yet there are a lot…Read More Breaking News

Breaking News USCIS changes forms without warning!

This is something really unconventional when USCIS changes forms without actually giving advanced notices! This notice came from AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association).  The list of forms goes over five pages and can be found here - USCIS, Dec. 23, 2016 From AILA, Dec. 23, 2016 - "Today, December 23, 2016, USCIS posted a large number of new form versions. The forms all have an effective date of today, December 23, 2016, and the website indicates that no other versions of the forms are acceptable, with the exception of Form I-129. It appears USCIS…Read More Breaking News

Immigrants’ Know Your Rights Law Show

December 2 2016 - Many have been asking what might happen to immigration once Donald Trump takes power. There were a lot of proposed immigration changes which have not been formalized. However, based on certain groups analysis and the Trump's chosen Cabinet, we can come to our own conclusions. Note at this point we can only guess what might happen until we see some actual new regulations or immigration laws passed. This law show covers not only the issues but also what immigrants should do to prepare for eventual changes in immigration law.…Read More Breaking News

AILA Calls for Rescission of NSEERS – Letter to White House

AILA, Nov. 23, 2016 - "On April 27, 2011, the Department of Homeland Security announced the elimination of the list of countries whose nationals are subject to registration under NSEERS, thus effectively ending the NSEERS registration process. While this was a welcome step, it did not go far enough to terminate the program. This administration must remove the residual penalties and procedures associated with NSEERS and remove the regulatory framework of NSEERS altogether by rescinding the regulation to ensure that this dark part of our nation’s history is not repeated."Read More Breaking News

Class Action Filed by UNNJ students

After a long fight for UNNJ student, a class action was finally filed. According to AILA: A group of students filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of New York challenging the government's determination that they committed visa fraud by enrolling at the University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ). The plaintiffs are seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to require the government to provide the students with individualized proceedings in which they can challenge the government's fraud determination, prevent the government from using their enrollment at UNNJ to…Read More Breaking News

Petition to Make The January 2017 Visa Bulletin for All EB categories and All EB countries current.

November 20, 2016 - The Shah Peerally Law Group PC is calling on the present President, Obama, to actually do a final push for so many employees on employment-based categories (EB) waiting in the line for their greencards. The petition has already gathered more than 1500 signatures and is going strong. We need more people to support the initiative. Make All EB categories in the January 2017 Visa Bulletin Current In the light of so many possible negative changes on immigration, we urge President Obama, the Department of State and Department of Homeland…Read More Breaking News

Updates on EB New Rules – I-140 EAD.

USCIS has published a final rule to modernize and improve several aspects of certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa programs. USCIS has also amended regulations to better enable U.S. employers to hire and retain certain foreign workers who are beneficiaries of approved employment-based immigrant visa petitions and are waiting to become lawful permanent residents. This rule goes into effect on Jan. 17, 2017.Read More Breaking News

Know Your Rights!

By now everyone knows that Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States and will begin to serve his term in January 2017. No matter who is president, everyone living in the U.S. has certain basic rights under the U.S. Constitution.Undocumented immigrants have these rights, too. It is important that we all assert and protect our basic rights. If you find you have to deal with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or other law enforcement officers at home, on the street, or anywhere else, remember that you have the rights described…Read More Breaking News