by Finnan, Fleischut & Associates | May 9, 2022
Errors in the admission of foreign nationals to the United States are not uncommon, and while some errors are immaterial, others can have serious consequences such as an overstay of the authorized period of admission, resulting in visa cancellation per INA222(g), and...
by Finnan, Fleischut & Associates | May 9, 2022
As USCIS case processing delays have continued to grow, USCIS has now announced that the automatic extension period will be increased from 180 days to 540 days. The temporary final rule (TFR) making this announcement was effective upon publication in the Federal...
by Finnan, Fleischut & Associates | Apr 22, 2022
When you enter the United States, you are inspected by a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent. After approving your admission to the United States, the border inspector does two things: Stamps your passport with an admission date, expiration date, and the class...
by Finnan, Fleischut & Associates | Apr 22, 2022
Are You a Green Card Applicant with a Pending I-485 Adjustment of Status Application? If so, you may be expecting to receive an employment authorization document (EAD) and advance parole (AP) combo card. However, USCIS recently began issuing the two documents...
by Finnan, Fleischut & Associates | Apr 22, 2022
In 2020, USCIS implemented an electronic registration process for the H-1B cap. The H-1B registration process was very popular and the number of registrations that were submitted by increased by more than 48,000 since last year, and about 31% of the registrations were...
by Finnan, Fleischut & Associates | Mar 3, 2022
Written By: Alizeh Karmali On February 4, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act. This new bill creates a temporary visa for foreign-born...
by Finnan, Fleischut & Associates | Feb 1, 2022
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2023 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 1 and run through noon Eastern on March 18, 2022. During this period, Finnan, Fleischut and Associates...
by Finnan, Fleischut & Associates | Jan 22, 2022
Beginning on January 22, 2022, DHS will require non-U.S. individuals seeking to enter the United States via land ports of entry and ferry terminals at the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and provide related proof of vaccination,...
by Finnan, Fleischut & Associates | Jan 21, 2022
We are seeing USCIS receipt numbers come in with the IOE letters at the beginning of the number. Previously, the three letters at the beginning of a receipt number identified the service center at which the corresponding case was being adjudicated at. USCIS has...
by Finnan, Fleischut & Associates | Jan 20, 2022
Five years ago, USCIS routinely took three months to issue employment authorization documents (EADs) and advance parole (AP) travel documents. Prior to the pandemic, USCIS was taking approximately six months to issue them. Now, USCIS can take nine months or longer to...
