U.S Citizenship And Immigration Services
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Recent News About U.S Citizenship And Immigration Services
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USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year (FY) 2022.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has made changes to the medical examination guidance for Afghan parolees coming into the country under the Operation Allies Welcome program.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would regulate how DHS applies the public charge ground of inadmissibility.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ur Jaddou held a virtual briefing with national stakeholders on Feb. 2 — the one-year anniversary of several immigration-focused executive orders — to detail the agency's efforts in fulfilling the orders.
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As we announced in November 2021, we have opened a new lockbox facility in Elgin, Illinois.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is publishing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on eligibility, filing, and adjudication requirements addressing Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-petitions to update practices and align USCIS policies with recent court decisions.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today published updated policy guidance to change the maximum validity period that may be granted for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) issued to certain applicants, as well as to provide general guidance on adjudicating Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) contributed to an investigation resulting in the arrest of two individuals this morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange, presently valued at approximately $4.5 billion.
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USCIS is issuing updated policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how petitioners may demonstrate that they qualify for an exemption from the temporary need requirement for a nonimmigrant visa petition for a temporary nonagricultural H-2B worker on Guam and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) that falls under the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.
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The Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) including the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) International Human Rights Unit (IHRU) join U.S. and international law enforcement partners, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others this Sunday in recognizing the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on Feb. 6.
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A Nogales area man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday in connection to his role as the coordinator for a human smuggling organization operating in southern Arizona.
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On Feb. 6, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services joins other U.S. government agencies and the international community in calling for an end to the practice of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C).
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issues a public reminder that immigration services are available to those affected by natural disasters.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2023 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 1 and run through noon Eastern on March 18, 2022.
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USCIS announced today that it is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding immigration medical examination requirements for certain Afghan nationals applying for adjustment of status after arriving in the United States under Operation Allies Welcome (OAW).
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) today announced the availability of 20,000 additional H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2022.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has updated the USCIS Policy Manual to reflect new guidance on how we determine whether a case warrants expedited treatment.
