EOIR canceled Policy Memo (PM) 21-09 setting policy and procedures for asylum, withholding, and CAT protection; PM 20-04 on the implementation of asylum cooperative agreements; PM 19-12 on guidelines for adjudicating… Read More »EOIR Cancels Five Policy Memos
EOIR will resume non-detained individual and master calendar hearings in limited numbers at certain courts on July 6, 2021. Those who don’t receive a notice of reset… Read More »EOIR to Resume Hearings in Non-Detained Cases in Certain Immigration Courts
Five businesses and nonprofit organizations, represented by AILA and AILA Board members Jeff Joseph of Joseph and Hall PC, Charles Kuck of Kuck Baxter Immigration… Read More »AILA’s Board of Governors File Complaint to Block H-1B Lottery Rule
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen did not immediately rule on a closely watched case over the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)… Read More »No Ruling in Case Deciding Fate of DACA Immigration Program
Following Matter of Lopez-Meza, the BIA ruled that the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree in violation of §511(3)(a)(i) of the… Read More »BIA Issues Two Crime Related Decisions
NBC News reports that lawyers tasked with reuniting migrant families separated during the Trump administration informed a federal court yesterday that they have recently contacted the parents… Read More »Lawyers Find the Parents of 61 More Separated Migrant Children
DOS announced that the travel of immigrants; fiancé(e) visa holders; certain exchange visitors; and pilots/aircrew traveling for training or aircraft pickup, delivery, or maintenance is in… Read More »DOS Provides Information on National Interest Exceptions for Regional COVID Proclamations
immigration lawyers filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over a Trump-era policy that froze visa issuance in 35 different countries due to COVID-19. The suit was… Read More »Biden Sued over Coronavirus Visa Restrictions Initiated Under Trump
he BIA ruled that an applicant may seek withholding of removal from a country even if that country is different from the country of removal originally designated… Read More »BIA Rules on Withholding of Removal
USCIS announced that F-1 students can now file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, online if they are filing for pre-completion OPT, post-completion OPT, or a… Read More »USCIS Announces Online Filing Options for F-1 Students Seeking OPT
USCIS announced that it has received enough electronic registrations to reach the FY2022 H-1B cap. USCIS has completed the random selection process and notified prospective petitioners.… Read More »USCIS Provides FY 2022 H-1B Cap Season Updates
On November 4, 2020, the District Court for the Western District of Washington approved a final settlement agreement in Mendez Rojas v. Wolf, a case addressing… Read More »Class Counsel Provides FAQs on Final Settlement Agreement in Lawsuit Challenging DHS’s One-Year Filing Deadline for Asylum Applications
USCIS announced flexibilities for certain foreign students affected by delayed receipt notices for Form I-765. These flexibilities apply only to applications received on or after… Read More »USCIS extend to certain applicants filing form I-765 for OPT
Aa federal judge in Texas indefinitely blocked the Biden administration from continuing with the 100-day deportation moratorium. However, on Thursday, ICE employees were told they should… Read More »ICE continue to focus on immigrants
Lawmakers formally introduced legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for young people brought to the U.S. as children ahead of House Democrats’ plan… Read More »House Dems introduce bill providing citizenship to Dreamers
EOIR issued a policy memo (PM 21-16) rescinding and cancelling PM 20-01, Case Processing at the Board of Immigration Appeals. Upon this rescission, the BIA returns to the… Read More »EOIR Rescinds Policy Memo on Case Processing at the BIA
ASISTA and Sanctuary for Families provide an update on a lawsuit challenging ICE’s authority to eliminate the prima facie determination process for U visa petitioners. On March… Read More »ICE agrees not to remove deny requests for stay of removal
DOL published a proposal to further delay for 18 months the effective date and to delay for 18 months the transition date of the final rule on computation… Read More »DOL Proposes Further Delay of Final Rule on Computation.
DOS extended its expanded interview waiver eligibility policy for individuals applying for a nonimmigrant visa (NIV) in the same classification until December 31, 2021. Applicants whose… Read More »DOS Expands Interview Waiver Eligibility
DOS posted the April 2021 Visa Bulletin. In addition to final action dates and dates for filing for family– and employment-based petitions, it contains notes on… Read More »DOS Provides Visa Bulletin for April 2021
