After the United States (U.S.) Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recognized that E and L nonimmigrant spouses are entitled to work in the U.S. “incident to status” on November 12, 2021, a new Category of Admission (COA) codes were created for use in issuing Forms I-94. And on March 18, 2022, USCIS updated its Policy …
USCIS Decouples EAD Card and Advance Parole Travel Documents to Speed EAD Card Processing for Adjustment Applicants
Without a formal news release, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) started prioritizing pending requests for employment authorization (Form I-765) by adjustment of status (“AOS”) applicants (often referred to as “green card applicants”). Later, the USCIS posted an alert that to “improve efficiency and reduce Form I-765 processing times” for pending AOS applicants, effective February …
Switching from EB-3 to EB-2: USCIS Encourages “Transfer of Underlying Basis” for Eligible Applicants
Background On January 21, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released new guidance regarding requests for the “transfer of underlying basis” between employment-based categories, commonly referred to as “interfiling.” Due to an exceptionally high number of employment-based immigrant visas available in these categories for this fiscal year (Oct. 2021 through Sept. 2022), eligible applicants …
Employer Tips for the Fiscal Year 2023 H-1B Cap Registration Process
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) introduced a new H-1B cap registration process for fiscal year (FY) 2021. This process was continued for the FY 2022 H-1B cap lottery, and it will be substantially the same for the FY 2023 H-1B cap lottery. For FY 2021, USCIS received 274,237 registrations and initially selected 106,100. USCIS …
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