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On February 24, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director León Rodríguez announced that, effective May 26, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would extend eligibility for employment authorization to certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B non-immigrants who are seeking employment-based lawful permanent resident (LPR) status.
An interim Employment Authorization Document is an Employment Authorization Document issued to an eligible applicant when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has failed to adjudicate an application within 90 days of receipt of a properly filed Employment Authorization Document application within 90 days of receipt of a properly filed Employment Authorization Document application ...
The spokesperson added that DHS will restart application processing as quickly as possible with “the appropriate safeguards.” Fox News first reported the pause and its relation to potential fraud.
The program known as Parole in Place (PIP) was designed to allow foreign nationals without any lawful documented status, never granted any lawful entry of inspection or travel visa, and married to American citizens the opportunity to adjust their status while residing within the United States, instead of waiting for a consular processing and personal interview at a U.S. Consulate at their ...
Premium Processing Service is an optional premium service offered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to individuals and/or employers filing Form I-129 (Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker), Form I-140 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker), Form I-539 (Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status- currently available to those applying for F, M or J status only) or Form ...
According to USCIS data, over 1.8 million sponsorship applications had been filed as of July 2023. [31] With a limit of 30,000 people per month, [32] this represents five years' worth of applications. USCIS selects half the monthly cases to process on a "first in first out" basis, and the other half are selected randomly.
Sessions added that implementation would be suspended for six months; DACA status and Employment Authorization Documents ("EAD") that expired during the next six months would continue to be renewed. DACA recipients with a work permit set to expire on or before March 5, 2018, would have the opportunity to apply for a two-year renewal if their ...
USCIS handles all forms and processing materials related to immigration and naturalization. This is evident from USCIS's predecessor, the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), which is defunct as of March 1, 2003. [6] [circular reference] USCIS handles two kinds of forms: those related to immigration, and those related to naturalization.