The Department of State (DOS) is testing a "beta release" of a system for U.S. citizens to renew their passports online. DOS said routine processing times for renewing a passport online are expected to be six to eight weeks (not including mailing). Expedited renewals...
Topic: Immigration Updates
Coming Soon: Increased Login Security for E-Verify and SAVE
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that login security will be enhanced for E-Verify and Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) later this year, when users will begin logging into E-Verify or SAVE using Login.gov. This change...
DOJ Reaches Settlement With Staffing Agency for Discrimination Against Noncitizens
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement with Selective Personnel Inc. (SPI), a California staffing agency. The agreement resolves the DOJ's determination that SPI's predecessor business entity, South Bay Safety (SBS), violated the Immigration...
USCIS Extends Certain TPS Work Permits Through March 9, 2025
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on June 20, 2024, that it is extending the work authorization of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries under the designations of El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan through March 9,...
President Announces New Measures for Spousal Work Authorization, DACA Recipients
On June 18, 2024, President Biden announced measures "to ensure that U.S. citizens with noncitizen spouses and children can keep their families together." He said that: To be eligible, noncitizens must—as of June 17, 2024—have resided in the United States for 10 or...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Wins AILA Founders Award
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was awarded the Robert Juceam Founders Award by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) at its annual conference in Chicago last week. The award is given to "the person or entity having the most...
Miller Mayer’s Steve Yale-Loehr Quoted re Biden’s Border Order
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by Newsweek in Joe Biden Embraced Trump's Border Tactics. It Doesn't Seem to Be Working. Steve said, "There is only so much any president can do to manage border flows. People flee their homes for many...
Update Your E-Verify Login Bookmark!
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminded E-Verify users to delete the dash in their E-Verify login bookmarks. The URL should say "everify.uscis.gov", not "e-verify.uscis.gov". USCIS said the old URL and associated redirect will no longer work,...
New USCIS Policy Guidance Interprets Confidentiality Protections as Ending at Naturalization
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued guidance that interprets certain confidentiality protections as ending at naturalization. USCIS said it made this change because "the previous practice of maintaining 8 U.S.C. 1367 protections beyond...
Class Certified for Visa Applicants Refused Visas Under Presidential Proclamation
The Department of State (DOS) disseminated a notice that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has certified a class in the consolidated cases Emami v. Mayorkas and Pars Equality Center v. Blinken to allow certain visa applicants who were...
