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As USCIS continues to grapple with backlogs and extended processing delays, the issuance of receipt notices has also be impacted with some taking 3 weeks or longer to arrive by mail. Coupled with mail delivery issues at USPS, it has now become a challenge just to get the receipt notice in hand. It is no longer easy or expected to receive the receipt notice within a few short days. Receipt...
We are starting a post to give everyone a sense of the processing timeframe for I-140 petitions by showing some sample approvals. Below is an I-140 EB2 filed in October 2020 at the TSC. It was approved on 09/09/2021. In August, we received an I-140 EB3 approval on 08/31/2021 which was filed at TSC on 06/03/2021. This was fairly quick which took just under 3 months. On the slow end, we also...
Update 11/08/2021 Flyer about the New Covid-19 Travel Requirements: Update 11/05/2021 On 11/08/2021, the previous COVID-19 travel bans will be replaced with a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all international air travelers to the United States. Passengers must provide proof of vaccination to airlines who will: Match the name and date of birth to the information on the vaccination...
On September 14, 2021, DOS expanded categories of visa applications that can be adjudicated without an in-person interview. DOS has authorized consular officers through the end of 2021 to expand the categories of F, M, and “academic J visa applicants” (students, professors, research scholars, short-term scholars, or specialists ) whose applications can be adjudicated without an in-person...
Update 12/21/2021 Official statement from USCIS regarding its decision to withdraw the H-1B selection final rule which would have changed the way H-1B registrations are selected by prioritizing those with high wages. Update 12/10/2021 The Biden Administration will no longer defend this Trump-era rule that prioritizes H-1B lottery selection to those with high salaries. See the article "H-1B Visa...
We helped a client whose I-751 journey began in August 2015 finally obtain her permanent green card in August 2021. Her case involved multiple setbacks due to circumstances beyond her control. We are sharing some of the issues here so others in similar situations may find them helpful. I-751 Denial A client filed I-751 jointly with her US citizen spouse in August 2015. They correctly informed...
Since 2013, certain aliens who are only inadmissible based on the 3-year or 10-year unlawful presence bar may seek a provisional unlawful presence waiver while present in the United States by filing Form I-601A, Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver. An approved provisional unlawful presence waiver is not effective unless and until the alien departs from the United States, appears...
Update Post 01/18/2024 Finally, we are seeing approvals of I-601A petitions. Here's one that took 41 months!! This was filed back in July 2020. Update Post 09/13/2021 We received a new I-601A approval. Total processing time is about 19 months. No RFE. Filed: 12/09/2019 Approved: 09/02/2021 Original Post 09/08/2021 The current processing time of I-601A waiver is about 18 to 24 months. We received...
