Back in 2014, the Central American Minors (CAM) program was created. It was designed to allow certain children from El Salvador, Guatemala or Honduras to come to the United States to be reunited with a parent or relative with legal status here. The hope was that these children would come through CAM instead of making […]
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Yesterday marked the end of USCIS’s flexibility with responding to certain notices. From March 1, 2020 through March 23, 2023, if USCIS issued one of these: Request for Evidence; Continuation to Request Evidence (N-14); Notice of Intent to Deny; Notice of Intent to Revoke; Notice of Intent to Rescind; Notice of Intent to Terminate regional
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Did you ever look at something and just want to cry out of frustration? That’s how I feel when I look at the USCIS historical processing time chart. Nearly every day, I’m looking at processing times for our clients because they want to know why they don’t have a decision on their case and why
USCIS Processing Times Continue to Grow While They Ask for More Money Read More »
I’m in the midst of one of the most rewarding projects of my professional career. Our firm (with the help of some amazing volunteers) has been meeting with Afghans who were evacuated from their home about a year ago. As we work with them to prepare their asylum applications, we interview them on why they
Afghan Project and Afghan Adjustment Act Read More »
Earlier today, USCIS announced that they changed the way they’re sharing information on how long cases “truly” take. For example, there were some cases that said you could expect a response in 2-13 months. That’s not particularly helpful when you’re trying to plan your life. There were also some forms (like the I-539) that do
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There were several big announcements in the immigration world last week. One was the end of Title 42 at the border (which will stop using COVID as a reason for keeping asylum-seekers outside of the US. Another announcement involved processing time improvements (which, while they sound great, we probably won’t see any meaningful change for
Premium Processing Update Read More »
Over the past two weeks, I’ve had a few clients email me to ask why their work cards (Employment Authorization Documents or “EAD”s) don’t include advance parole. That’s a very good question! Traditionally, when we are able to file a work card application and advance parole (travel permission) application, USCIS will decide the two cases
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I get this question a lot…and it’s not surprising because it feels like work cards (Employment Authorization Document or “EAD”) are taking forever. I promise it’s not you. It’s USCIS. Let’s look at some data direct from USCIS. In the below chart, we’re looking at average processing times in months. “FY” is Fiscal Year, which
Where’s My Work Card?!? Read More »
In June, USCIS announced that they would change the way that they adjudicated U cases and we were all thrilled. Under the old policy, U visa applicants were waiting upwards of five years to get their cases reviewed and placed on a waitlist. There was no protection other than a receipt during this time. There
I-918 U Visas and Bona Fide Work Cards – An Update Read More »
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Marriage After Filing a T or U Visa Application Read More »
