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Victory! USCIS Fee Increase Rule is Temporarily Blocked by Court Order!

Immigrants and their advocates have a lot to celebrate today. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California temporarily blocked the implementation of the USCIS’s fee increase rule on September 29, 2020, just days before the fees...

September 24, 2020
Zeena Barazanji

DHS ISSUES TEMPORARY NEW RULE FOR ASYLUM INTERVIEWS

Effective September 23, 2020 and through March 22, 2021, most asylum applicants will no longer be permitted to bring an interpreter to their interview and will now have to go forward with DHS-provided telephonic interpreters. The Asylum Office will provide...

September 16, 2020
Tahreem Kalam

Obtaining a Waiver to Trump’s Covid-19 Travel Bans

On May 24, 2020 and June 22, 2020, the White House issued 2 Presidential Proclamations in relation to the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, severely restricting travel into the U.S. for many foreign nationals. The Proclamation on Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and...

September 10, 2020
Hon. Robert Vinikoor (Ret.)

The COVID-19 pandemic causes dramatic delays to cases pending before the U.S. Immigration Court

The U.S. Immigration Court is an administrative court operated by the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") Executive Office for Immigration Review ("EOIR") under the authority of the Attorney General of the United States.  There are currently 58 courts throughout the...

August 31, 2020
Chandni Shah

Public Charge Rule to be Implemented in All But Three States

The public charge rollercoaster continues. On July 29, 2020, Federal District Judge George Daniels issued a nationwide injunction, preventing the Trump Administration from enforcing its public charge rule until after the COVID-19. Unfortunately, on August 12, 2020 the Second Circuit...

August 24, 2020
Marjorie M. Filice

REAL ID Enforcement Delayed Due to COVID-19

With the new REAL ID requirements set to go into effect October 1, 2020, the government decided to extend the enforcement for 1 year due to COVID-19. The current deadline for REAL ID is October 1, 2021, although some groups...

August 11, 2020
Aaron Lawee

USCIS Will Double the Fee for Applying for a Green Card and Citizenship! Consider Applying Before the Change Takes Place.

On November 14, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security proposed a new rule which would increase U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fees by a weighted average of 21%. After many months of review, the final fees have been published...

August 04, 2020
Anna Buskila

Posting a PERM Notice of Filing in a Remote Work Mode

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the closure of workplaces has raised numerous questions about how to fulfill the PERM Notice of Filing requirement during a full or partial office closure and a remote work mode. PERM regulations require that prior to...

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