The Trump Administration continues to reduce the number of immigrants granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which allows them to live and work legally in the US. TPS protects these individuals from deportation, as a form of humanitarian relief for people who would...

The average processing time for naturalization applications has almost doubled, from about five months in early 2016 to an average of almost nine months today, according to a report from the National Partnership With New Americans.

The rise in processing times is likely...

Under updated policy guidance, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is instructing its officers to apply the same level of scrutiny to both initial petitions and extension requests for certain nonimmigrant visa categories. The guidance applies to nearly al...

USCIS has informed the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) that it will resume premium processing for all types of H-1B petitions October 3, 2017. USCIS had already resumed premium processing service for H-1B Cap cases on September 18, 2017.

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday said that it will immediately restart “premium processing” for all 2018 cap-subject H-1B visa petitions.   The program was suspended in April but USCIS allowed premium processing for certain applicants such as Physici...