U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated its Policy Manual to clarify the effect of travel outside the United States by Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries who are subject to removal proceedings – specifically those with final orders who depart the U.S. and return with an advanced parole travel document. TPS beneficiaries in removal proceedings who […]
USCIS recently issued a policy alert expanding the guidance on unlawful acts that determine an applicant’s eligibility for good moral character (GMC) for naturalization purposes. These changes can greatly affect an applicant meeting the GMC requirement for naturalization. The expanded policy went into effect on December 13, 2019. Policy highlights include: Expands existing guidance on […]
USCIS has announced a new electronic registration process for H-1B visas for fiscal year 2021. The new e-registration now comes with a $10 online processing fee. Employers and Organizations looking to file H-1B petitions must first electronically register and pay the processing fee before filing for the visa. USCIS is hoping this online registration will […]
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) released a memo about the role’s attorneys in immigration court. Specifically, about the role attorneys can have when assisting individuals in court but not fully representing them. The EOIR memo, Legal Advocacy By Non-Representatives in Immigration Court, released on November 21, 2019, specifically addresses the agencies that provide […]
The Trump administration has begun deporting migrants who seek refuge in the U.S. to Guatemala. This comes as part of an agreement with the Guatemalan government aimed at requiring asylum-seekers from other countries to request protection in the Central American country. Guatemala is a country known for having one of the highest rates of poverty […]
November 14, 2019 the Trump Administration proposed increasing the cost of applying for many types of immigration benefits. Under the new proposal, which is the latest in a series of rule changes by the government to restrict legal immigration, low-income immigrants will have difficulty affording the cost. The fees for citizenship would increase by more […]
On November 12, 2019 the Supreme Court heard arguments challenging President Trump’s initiative to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Supreme Court is to address one question: has the Trump administration provided an adequate explanation for why it ended the DACA program that is not arbitrary and capricious? There are currently […]
The T.rump administration has adopted a new policy called the “Migrant Protection Protocol.” This new policy will radically reduce number of migrants seeking U.S. asylum. Under the process an asylum seeker will head to a legal port of entry to ask border agents for asylum while some others to avoid a waiting list, cross the […]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will resume processing some deferred-action requests for migrants after backlash over its decision last month to not defer deportations for migrants and their family members who receive life-saving medical treatment. The change means USCIS will revert to processes in place up until early August that allow for non-military deferred removal requests to […]
AILA – DHS Request for Comments on Changes to Immigration and Travel Forms to Collect Social Media Information In an effort to heighten our national security, the Trump Administration issued on September 4, 2019 an Executive Order (E.O) granting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statutory and regulatory authorities to collect new biographic information on […]
