The Department of Homeland Security DHS) will consider, on a case-by-case basis, a one-year extension of parolee status for the estimated 25,000 Ukrainian nationals and immediate family members who were paroled into the United States at a land border before the...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Biometrics Requirement Removed for EB-5 Regional Center Investor Petitioners
As of March 15, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has removed the biometrics submission requirement and related $85 fee for petitioners filing Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor. USCIS said it may still request the...
Green Card Holders May Receive Temporary Evidence of Status by Mail, USCIS Says
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on March 16, 2023, that certain lawful permanent residents (LPRs), also known as green card holders, may receive temporary evidence of their status by mail rather than physically visiting a field office to...
USCIS Issues Policy Alert on Evidence for Employers’ Ability to Pay Proffered Wage
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy alert on March 15, 2023, on employers' ability to pay the proffered wage to prospective beneficiaries of certain I-140 immigrant petitions. This is important in many employment-related green card...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Convenes Immigration Policy Conf. in DC
On February 24, 2023, Cornell Law School sponsored "Immigration Reform: Lessons Learned and A Path Forward," a conference held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Both in-person and over Zoom, about 220 people attended the conference, which explored targeted...
USCIS Issues Guidance on Mobile and Remote Biometrics Collection
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued policy guidance on March 7, 2023, to address mobile biometrics collection and the biometrics collection of benefit requestors in remote locations. USCIS said the guidance is intended for benefit requestors who...
DHS Extends Enforcement Date for REAL ID
On May 3, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an interim final rule extending the REAL ID card-based enforcement deadline to May 3, 2023. A new final rule published March 9, 2023, further extends the date for card-based enforcement of the REAL ID...
DHS Extends and Redesignates Somalia for TPS, Announces Student Relief
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to publish a Federal Register notice on March 13, 2023, extending and redesignating Somalia for temporary protected status (TPS). DHS also announced special student relief for certain F-1 nonimmigrant Somali students....
USCIS Releases New Guidance, Resources for International Entrepreneurs
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued comprehensive guidance on parole for international entrepreneurs, and new entrepreneur resources. Guidance USCIS explained that the International Entrepreneur Rule, published in January 2017, provided a...
USCIS Releases New Guidance, Resources for International Entrepreneurs
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued comprehensive guidance on parole for international entrepreneurs, and new entrepreneur resources. Guidance USCIS explained that the International Entrepreneur Rule, published in January 2017, provided a...
