Our Blog

Anyone filing with USCIS after April 1st will need to determine if they need a new updated form. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) new fees go into effect on April 1st, 2024, and it comes with some changes to...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has finalized a new rule impacting several key areas for immigration and naturalization applicants and petitioners. The new fees, forms and premium processing are effective April 1, 2024. In their new rule published January...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its policies on January 24, 2024, to say that USCIS has the authority, at its discretion and under specific conditions, to pardon the late submission of a nonimmigrant's extension of stay or change...

The Biden administration is reviewing a plan to raise visa application fees for the first time since 2016. The proposal, which has drawn thousands of public comments, could see a 40% increase across the board, with most of the additional...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced increases to its premium processing fees to account for inflation. Starting February 26, 2024, it will cost a bit more to expedite certain immigration applications. Premium processing allows immigration applicants to have their...

  The Biden administration is quietly pursuing a "legal pathway" to grant faster work permits for migrants who cross the border lawfully. This pilot program, currently operating in Texas and California, aims to address the urgent need for legal work...

Many U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) forms can now be filed online. To reduce processing delays, it's important that immigration forms be filed following USCIS guidelines to ensure your application, petition or request package for processing is filed accurately...

Unfortunately, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) immigration caseloads are backlogged, and decisions can take years. To speed up your immigration application, it is very important to ensure that your application has all the necessary documents. If all these documents...

Under some situations, it may be possible to speed up your immigration application. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is accepting requests to expedite immigration requests in some types of cases, including: an emergency urgent humanitarian need severe financial loss...

Many people are worried about how a government shutdown will affect their immigration case. During a government shutdown for budgetary reasons, nearly 3/4 of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees (more than 185,000 people) would be required to continue working...