Trump Administration Issues Travel Bans
On June 4, 2025, President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Threats. The administration invokes national security and public safety as its justification for these sweeping restrictions. Specifically, the Proclamation states that the President “considered various factors, […]
Alien Registration Requirement
On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued the Protecting the American People Against Invasion executive order which directed the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that aliens comply with their duty to register with the government under section 262 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1302), and ensure that failure to comply is treated as […]
Revised Form I-765 with Option to Apply for SSN
For foreigner’s applying for temporary employment authorization in the United States, obtaining a social security number was previously a separate step, requiring a separate application to be filed with the Social Security Administration. As of October 2, 2017, the revised version of form I-765, Applicati0n for Employment Authorization now includes a section, allowing the applicants […]
Department of State Emails from clientverification@state.gov are Legitimate
US employers, please see a recent alert from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA): AILA has recently received reports that employers have received emails from a contractor at the Department of State (DOS) via clientverification@state.gov requesting confirmation that a beneficiary will be providing services at the company. AILA’s DOS Liaison Committee confirmed with DOS Visa […]
USCIS has released Redesigned Green Cards and Employment Authorization Documents
Following its announcement on April 19, 2017 USCIS started printing newly designed Green Cards and Employment Authorization Documents [EAD] on May 1, 2017. The new front and back of the Green Card looks like this: The new design of the EAD looks like this: [See more information and description of the design at https://www.uscis.gov/greencard and […]
President Trump’s Executive Action – A Recommendation to All Employers to Audit their I-9 forms
As the President issued a number of Executive Orders, one of the Executive Orders entitled “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States” dated January 25, 2017 states in part as follows: >>Sec. 6. Civil Fines and Penalties. As soon as practicable, and by no later than one year after the date of […]
USCIS Reaches FY 2016 H-1B Cap
This just posted by USCIS: Release Date: April 07, 2015 WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2016. USCIS has also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the U.S. advanced degree exemption. USCIS will use a computer-generated process, […]
USCIS Will Accept H-1B Petitions for FY 2016 Beginning April 1, 2015
USCIS posts today that it will begin accepting FY2016 H-1B petitions on 4/1/15. USCIS expects to receive more petitions than the 65,000 H-1B cap during the first five business days of this year’s program and as in previous years will randomly select the cap-subject petitions for processing using a lottery system. All petitions not selected […]
As of 4/4/2012, USCIS has already received 22,323 H-1B visa application received
AILA Liaison learned at a CSC/VSC stakeholder engagement on 4/5/2012 that USCIS has received 22,323 cap-subject H-1B petitions as of 4/4/2012. Approximately 25% of the cases are for U.S. advanced degrees. AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040553 (posted Apr. 5, 2012)
USCIS Premium Processing
15 Days Service For a $1,225 fee, USCIS will guarantee completion of a non-immigrant work-visa case within 15 calendar days, unless a Request for Further Evidence is sent. All non-immigrant work visa categories are included in this program, i.e. E, H, I, L, O, P cases can get approved significantly faster than through the regular processing procedures, […]
