Topic
USCIS delays
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ImmigrationProf Blog
USCIS Faces Challenges Meeting Statutory Timelines and Reducing its Backlog of Affirmative Asylum Claims
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General has found that"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) did not adjudicate affirmative asylum applications in a timely manner to meet…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
USCIS Announces Receipt Notice Delays From Lockbox Locations
Quick Hits Beginning April 1, 2024, USCIS service centers stopped accepting paper-filed I-129 petitions requesting H-1B and H-1B1 classification, instead requiring petitioners to file at designated lockbox facilities. As a…
EB-5 Insights
Greenberg Traurig Secures Mandamus Victory in Record Time
GT’s immigration litigation team recently secured a record mandamus victory in federal court for a delayed I-829 case pending for over four years. Despite numerous requests to United States Citizenship…
Immigration Blog
Certain Green Cards Getting 24-Month Extensions as USCIS Deals With Processing Delays
In continuing its efforts to deal with processing backlogs, USCIS is allowing longer automatic extensions of green cards for lawful permanent residents who have applied for naturalization. Although legal permanent…
Immigration Lawyers Blog
USCIS AND ITS MASSIVE CASE BACKLOG: WHAT COMES NEXT?
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has an ambitious goal this year. Its primary objective is to reduce the backlog of cases and its impact on Immigration Services.…
Herman Legal Group Blog
Due to COVID-19, USCIS Extends Response Time for Agency Requests
On March 30, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) extended until July 25, 2022, for COVID-19 reasons, the response time for certain Requests for Evidence (RFEs) and other similar…
The Mobile Workforce
US Immigration Agency Announces Measures to Expedite Services and Decrease Pending Caseload
By Morgan Bailey, Kelcey L. Baker
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced several new measures including expanding premium processing to additional form types, providing relief to individuals waiting for work permits and setting agency-wide backlog…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Biden budget to reduce backlog at USCIS, EOIR
The Biden administration budget reflects an effort to reduce backlogs on both immigration benefits and immigration court proceedings. While the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, the service agency within US…
ImmigrationProf Blog
U.S. Workers Sue USCIS for Unlawful Delays in Renewal of Employment Authorizations
Five workers filed a nationwide class action lawsuit today challenging extreme delays at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that have resulted in the failure to process the work authorization renewals for…
Law Offices of Jacqueline Lentini, LLC Blog
Why are there Visa processing delays?
Why is your case taking so long? USCIS processing delays remain at crisis levels. Why hasn't your case been decided yet? Millions of families, businesses and individuals are applying for…