Immigration Blog

The filing location for submission of Form I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status has changed. The Form I-829 must now be sent to a USCIS Lockbox facility instead of California Service Center. The Form I-829 is used by Conditional Permanent Residents who obtained the Green Card status through entrepreneurship under […]

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has clarified that F-1 students on STEM OPT extension may be placed at a worksite other than the employer’s principal location provided all of the training obligations are met. To be able to employ F-1 students under the STEM OPT program, the employer must be the entity that provides […]

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USCIS has published a revised final policy memorandum superseding a previous memorandum for calculating unlawful presence for students and exchange visitors in F, J, and M nonimmigrant status, and their dependents. Under the revised final memorandum: Accrual of unlawful presence will be suspended for foreign nationals on F and M visa classification who timely file […]

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USCIS has announced that it has returned all FY 2019 H-1B cap petitions that were not selected in the H-1B lottery. Petitioners who submitted an H-1B cap petition during the first 5 business days of April 2018, and who have not received the Receipt Notice or the returned petition by August 13, may contact USCIS […]

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President Trump has signed a new law extending the CNMI CW-1 program that allows employers within the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to seek permission to employ foreign workers who are otherwise ineligible to work in the CNMI under other nonimmigrant worker categories. Under the new law: The CNMI CW-1 program has been […]

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