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USCIS is now accepting applications for the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program, which provides funding to US communities with programs that help prepare noncitizens for the naturalization exam. Up to $25 million in grants will be allocated in… Read More

The NC Department of Transportation has issued a Declaratory Ruling, allowing non-citizens, under certain classifications, to receive full-term drivers’ licenses for the same duration as that of US citizens. Preceding this ruling, the Division of M… Read More

“All prospective [H-1B] petitioners with selected registrations [were now notified by USCIS] that they are eligible to file H-1B cap-subject petition for the beneficiary named in the … selected registration.” “H-1B cap-subject petitions for F… Read More

Lawful permanent residents now have the option to “receive temporary evidence of their lawful permanent resident status by mail instead of physically visiting a field office to receive an Alien Documentation, Identification, and Telecommunication (… Read More

USCIS has reached the H-2B visa cap for the second half of the FY 2023, and as a result, will not accept any new petitions for the remainder of the FY 2023. The number of petitions exceeded the available visa cap and therefore, a computer-generated s… Read More

The cap for additional 18,216 H-2B visas, created in December of 2022 by DHS and DOL for the first half of FY 2023, has been reached. Petitions are still being accepted under the additional 20,000 visas allocated for nationals of El Salvador, Guatema… Read More

USCIS has settled a lawsuit that will benefit spouses of H-1B and L-1 visa holders. The settlement will allow for processing of a spouse’s I-539 application (and I-765 work application) to be concurrent with the adjudication of the underlying princ… Read More

USCIS has announced that the initial registration period for the FY 2024 H-1B cap will open at noon on March 1, 2023 and run through noon on March 17, 2023. During this period, U.S. employers can submit electronic registrations for their prospective… Read More