House Wednesday, July 24, 2019 Committee: House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Title: Oversight of the Unaccompanied Children Program: Ensuring the Safety of Children in HHS Care Time: 9:00 am Place: 2359, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. Note: Check…
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) provides an updated ‘processing times’ in table form, with information on FY2019 third quarterly completions; April 2019 to June 2019. These figures indicate the time that it takes from the date the case is received at AAO coming from the Service Center or District Office…
We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer those questions and provide the Q&A on our H-1B Visa Lawyer…
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has alerted Immigration Lawyers that USCIS has discontinued the practice of providing courtesy (free) premium processing for I‑539s filed concurrently with an I‑129 petition. USCIS cited the need to meet new biometrics requirement for all I‑539 applicants. Background USCIS (USCIS.gov) I-539 , Application To…
New Citizens – Stories CBS Boston (boston.cbslocal.com), 7/4/19: 200 Take Citizenship Oath In Massachusetts On July 4 NBC San Diego (nbcsandiego.com), 7/6/19: Soldier Realizes His Dream of Becoming a U.S. Citizen KIRO 7 Seattle News (kiro7.com), 7/4/19: 500 new citizens sworn in at Fourth of July naturalization ceremony in Seattle…
Senate Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Committee: U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs Title: Nominations for Rainey R. Brandy and Shana Frost Matini to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Other Nominations Being Considered Catherine Bird to be General Counsel, Federal Labor Relations Authority,…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click the link to view the August 2019 Visa Bulletin The monthly Visa Bulletin has changed. The bulletin now summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during the reported month for: “Application Final Action Dates” (consistent with prior Visa Bulletins) and…
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House Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Committee: U. S. House Committee on Homeland Security Title: About Face: Examining The Department of Homeland Security’s Use of Facial Recognition and Other Biometric Technology Time: 10:00 am Place: 310, Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C. Note: Check title link for live streaming video…
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) held their 2019 Annual Conference on Immigration Law from June 19th through the 22nd in Orlando, Florida. The Keynote Speaker was Julián Castro, besides being the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the Obama Administration; he is one of the 25…