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LawQuest US Immigration Alert | USCIS Extends Flexibility to Respond to Certain Notices as the Pandemic Continues

March 26, 2021Lawquest AdminGeneral

USCIS Extends Flexibility to Respond to Certain Notices as the Pandemic Continues The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) further extends flexibility regarding delays in responding to the following documents if the date of issue listed on the request, notice, or decision is between March 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, inclusive. Requests for Evidence...

Mar

LawQuest US Immigration Alert | DOL Delays the Wage Rule and DOS Expands Interview-Waiver Eligibility

March 19, 2021Lawquest AdminGeneral

DOL Delays the Wage Rule and DOS Expands Interview-Waiver Eligibility Delay of the effective date and transition period of the Wage Rule The Department of Labor (DOL) will propose a regulation to further delay the Wage Rule that will significantly increase wage levels for H-1B and certain other workers as well as PERM applicants. Under...

Mar

LawQuest US Immigration Alert | Petitioners Can Now Challenge Certain USCIS’ Decisions Based on Rescinded Memos

March 17, 2021Lawquest AdminGeneral

Petitioners Can Now Challenge Certain USCIS’ Decisions Based on Rescinded Memos The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced this week that it may reopen and/or reconsider adverse decisions regarding H-1B petitions that were based on three rescinded policy memos. These three rescinded policy memos are: (i) Determining Employer-Employee Relationship for Adjudication of H-1B Petitions...

Mar

LawQuest US Immigration Alert | Trump’s Public Charge Rule Invalidated and Extended Powers for Visa Interview Waivers

March 12, 2021Lawquest AdminGeneral

Trump’s Public Charge Rule Invalidated The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), through its guidance on March 10, 2021, confirmed that visa applicants no longer need to provide documentation required under the Department of Homeland Security’s 2019 Public Charge Rule (“DHS 2019 PCR”). As a result, USCIS’ 1999 field guidance on public charge admissibility, which...

Mar

LawQuest Indian Immigration Alert | Privileges Under India’s OCI Scheme Curtailed

March 8, 2021Lawquest AdminGeneral

Privileges Under India’s OCI Scheme Curtailed The Indian Government drastically curtails the privileges granted to Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cardholders in India. This has come in the wake of several instances where OCI cardholders have approached the courts to exercise their privileges, especially with regard to admission into institutes of higher education, research and...

Sep

H-1B Program Changes to be Implemented Soon

September 8, 2020Lawquest AdminGeneral

H-1B Program Changes to be Implemented Soon The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sent a new H-1B regulation to the Office of Management and Budget for their final review. This regulation is expected to toughen eligibility criteria for foreign nationals and impose new obligations on employers. The regulation will be published as an “interim...

Sep

US Immigration Alert | In-Person Interviews Waived in Certain Cases at the US Consulates

September 1, 2020Lawquest AdminGeneral

In-Person Interviews Waived in Certain Cases at U.S. Consulates According to the latest statement put out by the Department of State (DOS), consular officers will have the authority to waive the in-person interview requirement for individuals applying for a nonimmigrant visa (such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, H-4) in the same classification, and whose previous visas expired...

Aug

Indian Immigration Alert | Travel and Visa Restrictions | August 31, 2020

August 31, 2020Lawquest AdminGeneral

Travel and Visa Restrictions | India | August 31, 2020 1. All scheduled international commercial passenger services will remain closed until September 30, 2020. However, international scheduled flights may be permitted on select routes on a case-by-case basis. 2. All Indian visa services (excluding in-country registration, visa extension and other in-country services) remain suspended until...

Aug

LawQuest US Immigration Alert I USCIS Furloughs Averted but Increase in Case Processing Times

August 26, 2020Lawquest AdminGeneral

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will avert the anticipated furlough of more than 13,000 employees, which was scheduled to begin August 30. The agency avoided this furlough owing to spending cuts and a steady increase in its incoming revenues. The USCIS expects to be able to maintain operations through the...

Aug

Temporary but Welcome Relief for Foreign Nationals Waiting for their EAD Cards

August 21, 2020Lawquest AdminGeneral

Foreign nationals have been approved for work authorization in due course but have not received their EAD cards for several months. There have been delays since December last year. On August 19, 2020, the USCIS announced that until December 1, 2020 employers will be permitted to accept certain Approval Notices (Form I-797, Notice of Action)...

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