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Petsa ng Paglabas: 09/08/2022 WASHINGTON – Ang Department of Homeland Security (DHS o Kagawaran ng Pambansang Seguridad) ng Estados Unidos ay naglabas ng pinal na tuntunin, na ilalathala sa...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to reorganize and expand on existing guidance related to special immigrant...
News release originally published by the Department of Homeland Security. WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced that the Department has issued a final rule (PDF) that will...
USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has updated the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for beneficiaries paroled into the United States under Uniting for Ukraine. Effective immediately,...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is publishing an update to its Policy Manual to clarify that a current or former service member who received an uncharacterized...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is extending certain COVID-19-related flexibilities through Oct. 23, 2022, to assist applicants, petitioners, and requestors. Under these flexibilities, USCIS considers a...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today updated its Policy Manual to provide further guidance on evidence that can be used to support a petition for an...
Explains that noncitizens seeking an Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) on or after July 20, 2022, must file Form DS-157, Petition for Special Immigrant Classification for...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is implementing the second phase of the premium processing expansion for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140, Immigrant...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the time beneficiaries paroled into the United States under Uniting for Ukraine have to attest to their...
Eight Citizenship Ambassadors to promote importance and opportunities of citizenship in communities nationwide WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the launch of the...
WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas is extending the designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. “As one of my first actions...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has updated our public charge resources webpage with more information to help reduce undue fear and confusion among immigrants and their...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has released two new forms under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, which revised INA 203(b)(5). The new forms...
Under the recently announced H-2B supplemental cap temporary final rule increasing the cap by up to 35,000 additional H-2B nonimmigrant visas through the end of fiscal year (FY)...
Changing a nonimmigrant status or extending a nonimmigrant stay for an individual currently in the United States. If you fail to apply for the extension or...
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement regarding the implementation of a rule that will ensure that noncitizens placed in...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is implementing premium processing for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1...
WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted for public inspection a Federal Register notice on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan. This notice provides information about how...
WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ur M. Jaddou and agency leadership participated in a virtual public engagement with nearly 2,000 stakeholders nationwide...
WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced today the availability of an additional 35,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas during...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today published two new forms for regional center designation under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program: Form I-956, Application for Regional Center...
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Public will have access to immediate, clear answers on case processing times WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced changes to simplify and improve...
Hiring New Personnel and Increasing Employee Morale are Top Agency Priorities WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is honoring its dedicated workforce during Public Service Recognition...
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a Temporary Final Rule (TFR) that increases the automatic extension period for employment authorization and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs),...
Yкраїнський переклад On April 21, the United States announced Uniting for Ukraine, a key step towards fulfilling President Biden’s commitment to welcome Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted today two Federal Register notices on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukraine and Sudan. These notices provide information about how...
WASHINGTON— Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the designation of Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. Only individuals who are already...
WASHINGTON— U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that individuals who previously received deferred action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) may now file Form...
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a policy update to adopt a risk-based approach when waiving interviews for conditional permanent residents (CPR) who have...
News release originally published by the Department of Homeland Security. Departments to add additional visas and significant worker protections WASHINGTON —The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the...
As part of our credit card payment pilot program, the USCIS service centers are now accepting credit card payments using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card...
H-1B Initial Electronic Registration Selection Process Completed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal...
WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is announcing a trio of efforts to increase efficiency and reduce burdens to the overall legal immigration system. USCIS...
WASHINGTON— Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are issuing a rule to improve and expedite processing of asylum claims made...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the documentation that certain E and L nonimmigrant spouses may use...
In the recently published April Visa Bulletin, the Department of State advanced the Date for Filing (also known as the application date) applications for an immigrant...
WASHINGTON— The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the designation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. Only individuals who are already...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that it is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to consider deferred action and related employment authorization for noncitizens who...
WASHINGTON — United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced new policies that will provide better protection to immigrant children who are victims of abuse, neglect,...
Changing a nonimmigrant status or extending a nonimmigrant stay for an individual currently in the United States. If you fail to apply for the extension or...
WASHINGTON— The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the designation of Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. “Russia’s premeditated and unprovoked attack on...
As part of our credit card payment pilot program, the USCIS service centers are now accepting credit card payments using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card...
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new designation of Sudan and an extension and redesignation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to meet the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2022. Feb....
USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has launched an H-2A Employer Data Hub to provide information to the public on employers or agents petitioning for H-2A workers. The...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services encourages eligible applicants to consider requesting to transfer the underlying basis of their adjustment of status application to the first (priority...
Proposed Rule Breaks from Prior Administration’s Harsh Approach in the 2019 Rule WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would regulate how DHS applies the...
As we announced in November 2021, we have opened a new lockbox facility in Elgin, Illinois. We are beginning to transition incoming work to the new...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is publishing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on eligibility, filing, and adjudication requirements addressing Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)...
“USCIS upholds America’s promise as a nation of welcome and possibility with fairness, integrity, and respect for all we serve.” WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ur M. Jaddou announced the...
USCIS is issuing updated policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how petitioners may demonstrate that they qualify for an exemption from the temporary...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today published updated policy guidance to change the maximum validity period that may be granted for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) issued...
On Feb. 6, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services joins other U.S. government agencies and the international...
“President Biden issued several executive orders and proclamations that impact all U.S. federal agencies involved in the immigration process. These EO’s seek to accomplish many things – but rooted in...
USCIS announced today that it is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding immigration medical examination requirements for certain Afghan nationals applying for adjustment of...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2023 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March...
WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) today announced the availability of 20,000 additional H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the...
Clarifies the criteria and circumstances under which we generally consider expedite requests from nonprofit organizations as determined by the Internal Revenue Service; Provides additional examples of...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today issued policy guidance clarifying how it evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for O-1A nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability, with a focus...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced updated guidance on adjudicating requests for “National Interest Waivers” regarding job offer and labor certification requirements for certain advanced degree professionals and individuals of exceptional ability....
This program is for talented and qualified foreign graduates from outside of Canada to launch a startup business in Alberta and get permanent residence. How...
This program is for international graduates of Alberta post-secondary educations who want to establish or operate a business in Alberta; to apply and become permanent residents....
This program is for temporary foreign workers who are already in Alberta working full-time and also have a full-time job offer in eligible occupations from an...
This program is for experienced farmers to come to Alberta and start or buy a farm and become permanent residents. How to apply? You need...
This program will invite qualified candidates with a Federal Express Entry profile to apply for nomination for permanent residence in Alberta. How to apply? It is...
This program is intended for BC university post-graduates with a BC university degree such as a master’s or Ph.D. in natural, applied or health sciences. How...
This program is for you if you are currently working in BC in an eligible entry-level and semi-skilled valid sector such as tourism/hospitality, long-haul trucking, or...
This program is for skilled workers who have IRCC express entry profile and have a job offer in BC. How to apply? Create an online IRCC...
This program is for physicians, specialists, nurses, and allied health professionals to work in British Columbia and get permanent residence. How to apply? Create an online...
This program is for university or college graduates if they have completed their degree requirements from an eligible Canadian university or college within the last 3...
This program is for those who have obtained a degree in science from an eligible BC institution or college within the last 3 years. How to...
This program is for you if you want to immigrate to BC through investment and actively manage a valid business in BC. How to apply? Create...
This program is for you if you want to immigrate to BC through investment and actively manage a valid business in specific participating communities in BC....
This program is for staff of foreign corporations that have invested in strategic projects in BC. These corporations can apply for up to 5 key senior...
This program is for BC tech employers to recruit and retain international talent in 29 tech occupations to fill the shortage of local skilled workers. How...
This program is intended for international graduates who have obtained a Canadian university or college education in the past three years. How to apply? Create an...
This program is intended for healthcare professionals such as physicians, registered nurses, psychiatric nurses, midwives, and other allied health care workers (such as physiotherapists, etc.) that...
This is a direct immigration program intended for skilled workers such as managers, professionals and skilled trades persons with valid job offers from a BC employer....
You can sponsor certain family members if you are a Canadian citizen, an Indian (under the Canadian Indian Act) or a permanent resident of Canada. The...
This class is for skilled workers with work experience in NOC, A, or B and who are able to prove they can economically establish in Canada...
This class is for skilled trade persons who have worked in a skilled trade under key groups of NOC B and are able to prove they...
This class is for skilled workers (not tradespersons) and foreign graduates who have lawfully gained Canadian work experience under NOC skills type/level 0, A or B...
This class is for successful businesspersons to encourage them and facilitate them to settle permanently in Canada through starting a new business that has to be...
This class is for world-renowned self-employed (SE) foreign nationals with relevant experience who have the intention and ability to work as self-employed in Canada and make...
This class is for employers in Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island) to help them hire foreign skilled workers...
This is an economic pilot immigration program to fulfill the needs of the agri-food sector in Canada. This program is focusing on special areas of the...
This class is for employers in Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island) to help them hire foreign skilled workers...
This is an economic pilot immigration program to fulfill the needs of the agri-food sector in Canada. This program is focusing on special areas of the...
This is a community-driven program for attracting and retaining skilled workers in rural and northern regions of North Bay (ON), Sudbury (ON), Timmins (ON), Sault Ste....
These two programs are intended for foreign nationals who have a job offer or at least 24 months of Canadian work experience in eligible caregiver occupations,...
This program is intended for international skilled workers whose skills and trainings are aligned with Manitoba’s in-demand occupations. How to apply? Create a government of Manitoba...
This program is for skilled, trained, and experienced persons whose work is included in Manitoba’s in-demand occupation list, and who also have strong family connections in...
This pathway is for applicants who are interviewed outside of Canada by the MPNP and an eligible employer and received an Invitation to Apply from the...
This pathway is for applicants currently working in Manitoba with temporary work permits, including Temporary Foreign Workers (LMIA, LMIA-exempt and MPNP-supported work permits), International Students who...
The Pathway permanent residence program is for individuals with proven farm business experience, sufficient available capital to invest, and who intend to establish and operate a...
This permanent residence program is for qualified businesspersons from around the world who have the intent and ability to move to Manitoba and establish, purchase a...