Re-Registration Period Now Open for Haitians with Temporary Protected Status
Employment Authorization for Haitians with TPS Automatically Extended Until July 21, 2018 WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Haiti’s designation who want to maintain that status through the program’s termination date of July 22, 2019, must re-register between Jan. 18, 2018, and March 19, 2018. Re-registration procedures, including how …
Read MoreRelief! Half-a-million Indian green-card applicants won’t be forced to leave the US
Indians queuing up for green cards can breathe a sigh of relief. On Jan. 09, the Donald Trump administration clarified that it was not considering any policy alteration that could fuel a “self-deportation” of sorts among immigrants. On Dec. 30, news reports indicated that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) was drafting a policy that would curb the indefinite …
Read MoreSupreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban Associated Press MARK SHERMAN,Associated Press Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries. This is not a final ruling on …
Read MoreFrequently Asked Questions: Rejected DACA Requests
Specific guidance will be provided soon about the steps that a DACA recipient must take to resubmit his or her renewal request to USCIS if the filing was rejected due to U.S. Postal Service mail-service delays. Q1: Are any new DACA requests being accepted? A1: No. The DACA policy for accepting new, initial DACA requests ended on Sept. 5, 2017. …
Read MoreJudge Rules That Foreign Entrepreneurs Can Come to the United States to Grow Their Businesses
Foreign entrepreneurs who want to build innovative companies in the United States received good news on Friday, when federal judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court ruled in favor of a lawsuit brought by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), entrepreneurs, and startup companies on September 19, 2017. Represented by the American Immigration Council and Mayer Brown LLP, …
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