On August 25th, Secretary Pompeo, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, announced expanded ability of consular officers to waive the in-person interview requirement for individuals applying for a nonimmigrant visa in the same classification. Before this new expansion, only those applicants whose nonimmigrant visa expired within 12 months…
USCIS has now updated their Policy Manual with guidance on the final fee rule! The final fee rule adjusts the fees USCIS charges for certain immigration benefit applications and petitions, in this case mostly increases. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2020 and the fees changes…
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…
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently affirmed the decision of a Certifying Officer (CO) to deny labor certification for the position of “Senior Software Engineer.” The CO denied the labor certification stating the alternative requirements for the position were different (not substantially equivalent) from the primary job…
On August 25th, President Trump via Twitter, nominated acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Chad F. Wolf to top role at DHS. Trump twitted, “I am pleased to inform the American Public that Acting Secretary Chad Wolf will be nominated to be the Secretary of Homeland Security.…
USCIS announced that the agency has canceled a scheduled administrative furlough of more than 70% of their workforce, around 13,000 employees! The USCIS furlough was scheduled to begin August 30th, but because of spending cuts and a steady increase in daily revenue they claim they are now solvent enough to…
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The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) provides an updated ‘processing times’ in table form, with information on FY2020 third quarterly completions; April 2020 to June 2020. 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…
On Friday, August 21, many committee leaders from the House and Senate have sent a bicameral, bipartisan letter to Acting DHS Secretary Wolf and USCIS Deputy Director for Policy Edlow! The Letter requests a delay of the possible USCIS furloughs at least into the beginning of FY2021 and Congress has…
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…