Even though DHS and OMB have sent letters supporting congressional appropriation of emergency funds, Congress had still not yet received a formal request for the money from the Trump administration. Keep Reading
USCIS began to conduct limited naturalization ceremonies in May and began to fully resume ceremonies in early June, after temporarily pausing in-person services to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Keep Reading
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is now eyeing August as a possible furlough date for several thousand of its employees — unless Congress steps in with emergency supplemental funding before then. Keep Reading
USCIS began reopening some domestic offices and resuming non-emergency services on June 4, following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines to protect our workforce and the public. Keep Reading
Certain USCIS field offices and asylum offices were reopening today for non-emergency face-to-face services, and revenue has taken a deep hit from coronavirus closures. Keep Reading
The looming crisis comes as USCIS is preparing to reopen offices next week. The agency suspended in-person services on March 18 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep Reading
On March 18, USCIS temporarily suspended routine in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices and application support centers (ASCs) to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Keep Reading
Decided in June 2019, the BIA held in this decision that false claims of U.S. citizenship do not need to be knowingly made to make an alien deportable under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Keep Reading
USCIS is readying offices to reopen on or after June 4. Employees in these offices are continuing to perform mission-essential services that do not require face-to-face contact with the public while the offices are closed. Keep Reading
DHS also continues to take action to protect the American people and our communities, and is considering a number of policies and procedures to improve the employment opportunities of U.S. workers during this pandemic. Keep Reading
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Office of Contracting (OCON), with participation from the Office of Information Technology (OIT), will host its third (3rd) Quarterly Conference Call with Industry. Keep Reading
Applicants who had an appointment scheduled with an ASC on or after the March 18 closure or has filed an I-765 extension will have their application processed using previously submitted biometrics. Keep Reading
Employees in these offices are continuing to perform mission-essential services that do not require face-to-face contact with the public. USCIS will continue to provide limited emergency services. Keep Reading
The H-1B electronic registration process was well-received by users, who provided a high satisfaction score with the system. Nearly 275,000 unique registrations were submitted during the initial registration period. Keep Reading
USCIS domestic field offices will send notices to applicants and petitioners with scheduled appointments and naturalization ceremonies impacted by this closure. Keep Reading
The new online form, available on the USCIS public website, prompts the form user for the information that the USCIS’ fraud investigators need to investigate allegations of immigration benefit fraud or abuse. Keep Reading
If you become ill for any reason, regardless of whether you were exposed to COVID-19, please do not come to appointments with any USCIS office. Keep Reading
A federal judge in D.C. ruled Sunday that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully named acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, thus invalidating asylum policies he implemented while in charge of the agency. Keep Reading
The Final Rule, published on Aug. 14, 2019, and originally scheduled to go into effect on Oct. 15, 2019, prescribes how the Department of Homeland Security will determine whether an alien is inadmissible. Keep Reading
The agency screens family members individually but certain members can share positive determinations, or the agency may decide to keep them together. But, it doesn’t record complete data on all such results. Keep Reading