Major update from USCIS! The agency announced a final rule to reduce backlogs, expand premium processing, and provide relief to work permit holders. USCIS is prioritizing making EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) cases premium processing eligible in fiscal year (FY) 2022. Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) will also be made premium processing eligible. By the end […]

Applicants with a pending adjustment of status (AOS) application based on an EB-3 immigrant petition, or even those whose US employers are willing to sponsor them through a PERM,  may want to consider filing a Self-Sponsored EB-1A or  Immigrant Petition before October 1, 2022, if eligible. USCIS recently published guidance that there are an “exceptionally high […]

1. What are the General Requirements for Adjustment of Status Eligibility? A noncitizen must meet certain eligibility requirements to adjust status to that of lawful permanent resident (LPR). INA 245(a) requires that the applicant must have been: Inspected and admitted into the U.S., or Inspected and paroled into the U.S. Additionally, the noncitizen applicant must: […]

USCIS Policy Alert on Employment Authorization for Certain H-4, E, and L Nonimmigrant Dependent Spouses On November 12, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a policy alert that addressed the automatic extension of employment authorization for certain H-4, E, and L nonimmigrant dependent spouses. 8 CFR 274a.13(d) of the Immigration & Nationality Act […]