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On November 3, 2015, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) met with USCIS’s National Benefits Center (NBC) to discuss new NBC initiatives, staffing updates and follow up items.
USCIS offers immigration relief measures that may help people affected by unforeseen circumstances, such as the recent severe weather and flooding in areas of the Southern and Midwestern United States.These measures may be available upon request:
USCIS is seeking public comments on a proposed rule that would modernize and improve certain aspects of employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa programs.
Starting January 1, 2016, customers who wish to file Form I-290B, Notice of Motion or Appeal, in response to a decision on their Form N-600 or N-600K must mail their Form I-290B to the Chicago Lockbox. USCIS will no longer accept these forms at local field offices.Customers should mail their Form I-290B for Form N-600 or N-600K to:
USCIS recently began transferring certain casework from the Vermont Service Center (VSC) to the California Service Center (CSC) and Nebraska Service Center (NSC) to balance workloads. The CSC will now process Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has approved the statutory maximum of 10,000 petitions for U-1 nonimmigrant status (U visas) for fiscal year 2016. This marks the seventh straight year that USCIS has reached the statutory maximum since it began issuing U visas in 2009.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited you to participate in a listening session on Thursday, December 17, from 3 to 4 p.m. (Eastern) to provide feedback on the USCIS draft policy memorandum Determining Whether a New Job is in “the Same or a Similar Occupational Classification” for Purposes of Section 204(j) Job Portability.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited you to participate in a stakeholder engagement on Tuesday, Dec. 8 from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. (Eastern), with USCIS Director León Rodríguez.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State (DOS) invited you to participate in a stakeholder listening session on Thursday, Nov. 19 from 1 to 2 p.m. (Eastern) to discuss the filing tips recently posted.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited you to participate in a teleconference listening session on Tuesday, December 15, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. (Eastern) by providing feedback on a draft policy memorandum for the role and use of interpreters during interviews at domestic field offices.