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Byline: Shweta Singh Starting in March 2024, organizations planning to file H-1B petitions for the fiscal year 2025 will need to create a new organizational account on myUSCIS. The US [...]

Highlights The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a final rule on Jan. 30, 2024, to enhance and modernize the H-1B program. The final rule introduces several changes to [...]

Byline: Lisa Rein BISMARCK, N.D. -- The leaders of Sanford Medical Center had waited all summer to learn the fate of the 59 nurses planning to move across the world [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced plans to introduce organizational accounts for H-1B fiscal year (FY) 2025 cap filings, H-1B non-cap filings, and associated premium processing requests on [...]

For the first time since 2016, the Department of Homeland Security is planning to increase fees for employment-based visas and investment visas to fund the Biden administration's reforms in the [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today released its 2023-2026 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategic [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) led ten bipartisan Senators in urging [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today released its FY 2023-2026 Strategic Plan (PDF, 6.79 MB) [...]

On January 3, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to increase certain naturalization and immigration fees. Overview USCIS will implement several significant [...]

The final weeks of the year can be a little less demanding for most employees - a season of office parties, celebratory staff lunches and vacation time - it's one [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): Federal Register Notice Published Today Announces Nationwide Trial WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [...]

Byline: Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) -- The Biden administration plans to conduct a trial for portions of the naturalization exam, which immigrants must pass to become US citizens, next year, [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Center for Immigration Studies: By Robert Law on March 30, 2022 The coalition of immigration advocates that back the Biden administration [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) plans to open a new lockbox facility in Elgin, Illinois, next year. The agency also has consolidated filing locations for certain employment-based forms to [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): We are planning to open a new facility in Elgin, Illinois, next year to expand our [...]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has issued a request for information (RFI) seeking information from industry, and in [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO): Fast Facts Many federal agencies like the National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration rely, in [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO): Fast Facts U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services processes millions of applications and petitions from noncitizens who [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applicants from five countries are permitted to submit their initial TPS applications online. Overview Individuals from Myanmar [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Iowa Senator Charles Grassley: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is seeking information from the Biden administration [...]

NEW YORK, NY -- The following information was released by Amnesty International USA: ICE plans to begin deporting 26 Black and Brown families with young children who are incarcerated by [...]

Key Points USCIS plans to implement an amended naturalization civics test The civics test is required for most individuals seeking U.S. citizenship The new naturalization civics test will be implemented [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced plans to implement a revised version of the naturalization civics test. The agency first announced plans to revise the civics test in July 2019. [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today plans to implement a revised version of the naturalization [...]

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) expressed deep concern with plans by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to furlough more than 13,000 employees, including more [...]

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on August 25 that it will abandon plans to furlough roughly two-thirds of its workforce due to a budget shortfall. The decision temporarily [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Virginia Senator Tim Kaine: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) expressed deep concern with plans by U.S. [...]

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) plan to furlough two-third of its 20,000 employees from August 30 is expected to impact Indian techies planning to go to the US. [...]

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) plan to furlough two-third of its 20,000 employees from August 30 is expected to impact Indian techies planning to go to the US. [...]

US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency within Homeland Security responsible for adjudicating applications and petitions seeking immigration and naturalization benefits, announced on Friday that staffing furloughs originally planned [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U. S. Senate Committee on Appropriations: Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Ranking [...]

On June 25, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced its plans to furlough over 13,000 of its staff, which will impact its current operations and mission. The [...]

On Wednesday, May 27, USCIS announced plans to substantially raise filing fees. By way of background, on November 14, 2019, the US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) published a notice [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is preparing to reopen domestic offices and resume non-emergency public services on or after June 4. On March 18, USCIS temporarily [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) plans to reopen its offices on or after June 4, 2020. The USCIS temporarily suspended its in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices, [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently asked Congress for $1.2 billion in emergency funding in order to continue operations. USCIS also intends to impose a 10 percent surcharge on [...]

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The following information was released by Worldwide ERC®: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services plans to reopen certain offices on 4 June with added health and safety [...]

New York NY -- The following information was released by the League of American Orchestras: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed making it much more costly to apply [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin: Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joined Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jess 'Chuy' [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of New York Rep. Grace Meng: Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jess 'Chuy' Garca (D-IL), and [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the office of Illinois Rep. Jesus Garcia: Congressmembers send letter to heads of Homeland Security and USCIS Today, U.S. Reps. Jess [...]

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The following information was released by the office of the Connecticut Attorney General: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general, led by California, [...]

Byline: Michael Brice-Saddler Canadian-born singer Neil Young says his plans to become a U.S. citizen and vote in the 2020 presidential election have been stymied because he smokes marijuana. In [...]

Byline: Tara Bahrampour Federal agencies say a pending plan to provide the Census Bureau with information on noncitizens follows standard protocol, but census experts and immigrant advocates say such a [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today plans to maintain operations at its international field offices in Beijing and Guangzhou, China; Nairobi, Kenya; and New Delhi, India. Previously, Acting [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): Transition aimed at increasing efficiencies, reducing backlogs WASHINGTON U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising the current naturalization test with improvements to ensure [...]

AMERICAS United States FY 2020 H-1B Cap Updates: Premium Processing Limited to Change of Status Filings, Employer Data Made Public US Citizenship and Immigration Services ('USCIS') recently announced that it [...]