Washington, D.C., June 30 2022: The US Department of Labor (DOL) issued today an updated Appendix A to the 2004 PERM Regulation for Foreign Labor Certifications. The 2004 PERM Regulation created the electronic labor certification system. A US employer seeking to sponsor certain EB2 and all...
Washington, D.C., June 27, 2022: On June 24, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of California issued a Preliminary Injunction blocking USCIS from requiring new I-956 re-designation applications from EB-5 Regional Centers designated prior to the effective date of the EB-5 Reform and...
Canada’s Express Entry program is being amended to allow occupation-based invitations. As per the current system, candidates are ranked on the basis of points under the Comprehensive Ranking System score (CRS). The CRS takes into account your work experience in a skilled occupation, study experience,...
San Francisco, June 3, 2022: News from the Behring Regional Center lawsuit from the federal court in San Francisco appears to indicate that USCIS will lose its efforts to require EB-5 regional centers existing prior to March 15, 2022 to apply to USCIS for re-certification...
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2022: Today USCIS released two critical new forms for the renewed EB-5 Regional Center visa program. The first is the business plan approval form. Under the new rules of the EB-5 Regional Center program, every approved regional center must file an...
Washington, D.C. – IIUSA, the national trade association of the EB-5 Regional Center industry, along with five of its EB-5 Regional Center members collectively filed a lawsuit yesterday in the District Court of the District of Columbia against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) (Civ....
Washington, D.C., May 24, 2022: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) is implementing premium processing for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications. USCIS premium processing service provides a response to a petition in...
Washington, D.C., May 23, 2022: USCIS has issued Requests for Evidence (RFEs) to a number of applicants for employment-based adjustment of status, requesting a valid medical clearance (Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record). Please note that, although applicants have up to 87...
Washington D.C., May 5, 2022: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is re-designing its webpage for case status updates. USCIS is inviting the public to participate in a webinar on May 12 from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern. During this webinar, USCIS representatives will give...
