The USCIS has announced that starting Friday, May 1, 2015 they will ONLY accept the new version of the Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (edition date: 10/23/14). USCIS will continue to accept both old and new versions of this Form (I-129) until April 30, 2015. Purpose of Form*…
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Sign Petition – Help Release Melida and Estrella from Family Detention
What is Family Detention? Family detention is the increasingly alarming practice of detaining immigrant families, including babies and children, with their parents in ICE detention centers across the country. We urge everyone to sign the petition insisting that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) release Melida and her 4-year-old daughter,…
Updated Service Center Processing Times
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 4/13/15 with processing dates as of 2/28/15. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your…
REGISTER TODAY for an Online Webinar with USCIS
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has invited Stakeholders, and anyone affected by the organization, to an online Webinar on Friday, April 10, 2015 between 12:00pm to 1:00pm (EST). The content of the webinar will be the USCIS online Customer Service Tools including myUSCIS and will include a Q&A.…
USCIS Teleconference – CAM Refugee/Parole Program – 3/31/15
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S. Department of State (DOS) will be holding a teleconference on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 between 2:00pm to 3:30 pm (EST). The subject of the event will be the Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee/Parole Program and will include Q&A. The…
Updated Service Center Processing Times
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 3/6/15 with processing dates as of 1/31/15. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your…
Round-Up of Immigration Related Legislation (Jan-Feb2015)
The following immigration related bills were introduced into the House of Representatives and the Senate January 2015 through February 2015. Pending Legislation: Senate Bills S.153: High-Skilled Immigration Bill (“I-Squared”) Reintroduced in Senate 1/14/2015 On 1/13/15, Senators Hatch (R-Utah), Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Rubio (R-Fla.), Coons (D-Del.), Flake (R-Ariz.), and Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced…
Updated Service Center Processing Times
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 2/27/15 with processing dates as of 12/31/14. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your…
DHS Funding bill passed!
On Tuesday, March 3rd, the House of Representatives passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through to the end of the fiscal year (September 30, 2015)! It was a clear bill sent over from the Senate and had no attachments targeted at President Obama’s executive actions…
Congress Approves One Week Funding Bill for DHS!
Congress passed a stop-gap funding bill, late Friday night, (2/27/15) funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for one more week. This temporary funding is set to run out at 11:59 p.m. this Friday, (3/6/15). The House tried earlier on Friday to pass a three week temporary funding bill but…