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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited you to participate in a national webinar on Wednesday, May 4, from 2 to 3 p.m. (Eastern) regarding updates made to USCIS online tools.
New edition dated 04/25/16. Previous editions accepted.
WASHINGTON—Mariela Melero, associate director for Customer Service and Public Engagement at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is a finalist for the 2016 Service to America Medals honoring excellence among federal employees.“I came to this country with my parents as a refugee,” Melero said. “It is both an honor and a privilege to be able to help others navigate our immigration system.”
USCIS announced on May 2, 2016, that it has completed data entry of all fiscal year 2017 H-1B cap-subject petitions selected in our computer-generated random process. USCIS will now begin returning all H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected. Due to the high volume of filings, USCIS is unable to provide a definite time frame for returning these petitions. USCIS asks petitioners not to inquire about the status of submitted cap-subject petitions until they receive a receipt notice or an unselected petition is returned.
As recently announced, the employment-based fourth preference (EB-4) visa limits have been reached for fiscal year 2016 for special immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services won the overall Igniting Innovation Award Monday at The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council’s Igniting Innovation Showcase and Award event in Washington, D.C.
USCIS offers immigration relief measures for people affected by natural disasters, such as the severe earthquakes that recently occurred in Ecuador, Japan and Burma.
On May 12, 2016, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin premium processing for cap-subject H-1B petitions requesting premium processing, including petitions seeking an exemption for individuals with a U.S. master’s degree or higher.
USCIS has created a new Workload Transfer Updates page on our website where customers can keep track of workload transfers between our five service centers. Occasionally, we will transfer cases from one service center to another in order to balance workloads and ensure timely processing. In the past, we have issued a Web alert for each transfer.
On December 2, 2015, The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) met with the USCIS International Operations (IO) London Field Office. USCIS discussed issues related to communications, adoptions, Forms I-407, Forms I-130, and refugee processing and general operations.