We encourage medical professionals seeking to work in the United States on a work or exchange visitor, particularly those working to treat or mitigate the effects of COVID-19, to reach out to the nearest embassy or consulate to request a…
Despite increasing demands for the Department of Justice to temporarily close all the nation’s immigration courts due to the coronavirus pandemic, most courts remain open. Some courts have even reopened after the department confirmed people who were there tested positive…
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On Saturday, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued new E-Verify guidance for employers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has been upending both personal and professional life as we once knew it. This latest update follows…
An immigrant being held at a facility in New Jersey has become the first Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee to test positive for the coronavirus in the US, an agency official confirmed. The 31-year-old Mexican detainee has been held at…
Because of the trying times we live in, I will cut to the chase: Thousands of immigration filings from people already in the United States will be due in the coming weeks and months. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)…
In the age of coronavirus, policies imposed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are making it difficult for businesses, high-skilled professionals and others to file applications and meet deadlines. Attorneys say that although USCIS has made one positive accommodation…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has temporarily suspended all in-person activities at its offices. That lockdown, which is related to the current COVID-19 pandemic and scheduled to extend until April 1 (and may continue beyond that), will grind many…
Before the coronavirus outbreak, foreign students at the LISMA Language Center in Midtown were already up against a ticking clock. Last month, the language school lost its federal certification to issue documents that allow visa-holding students to remain in the…
“U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced the immediate and temporary suspension of premium processing service for all Form I-129 and I-140 petitions until further notice due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Effective today, March 20, 2020, USCIS will not…
