On September 14, 2021, USCIS publicly announced the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all green card applicants: Starting on October 1, 2021, all applicants who apply for a green card will need to be fully-vaccinated for COVID-19 in order to successfully complete...
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Adjustment of Status (AOS) / DS-260 (CP) Processing Times
Here at David Hirson & Partners, LLP (DHP), we share our clients’ frustrations with green card, employment authorization, and travel authorization delays at both USCIS and National Visa Center (NVC)/embassies around the world. Below, we hope to shed some...
IMMIGRATION NEWS: Court Strikes Down Trump’s Attempts to Change H-1B & Other Programs
On December 1, 2020, Northern District of California Judge Jeffrey White granted summary judgement in favor of the plaintiffs, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, top universities and other groups, in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's attempt to...
Impact of October 2020 U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
There are limits on the number of foreign nationals who can complete the U.S. permanent resident process each year. Due to these limits, a backlog (or line) of people who are waiting to finish the permanent resident process has developed. Each month, the U.S....
Immigration News: DHS Announces Lifting of Travel Restrictions on Certain Arriving Flights
On September 15, 2020, DHS announced the lifting of travel restrictions on arriving flights carrying passengers who had recently been present in China, Iran, the Schengen Area, the U.K., Ireland, and Brazil. Previously, these travel restrictions mandated that flights...
Immigration News: USCIS Extends Deadlines to Respond to Requests, Notices, and Decisions
On September 11, 2020, as part of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS announced that it has again extended the deadlines for all immigration applicants and petitioners to respond to requests, notices,...
Some USCIS field offices reopened for in-person services
In our prior post “USCIS Operations and the Corona Virus (COVID-19) – As of the Evening of March 17, 2020” we discussed some of the in-person services USCIS was putting on hold due to Covid-19. At that time, they had hoped to reopen offices by April 1, 2020. That...
USCIS Operations and the Corona Virus (COVID-19) – As of the Evening of March 17, 2020
USCIS provides official updates regarding operations and COVID-19 here: https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-response-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19 As of March 18, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has suspended routine in-person services until at least...