Asylum applicants may be forced to wait 18 months to apply to work legally in the U.S. under the new rule.
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USCIS cracking down on VAWA filing abuse

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is a law (or program) designed to allow certain aliens to file a self-petition for a green card, where they have a qualifying relationship to a US citizen (USC) ...
EB3.Work publishes official guidance explaining the immigrant visa issuance pause, who may be affected, and why most ...
USCIS has hit the cap for the first batch of supplemental H-2B visas for FY2026, with over 18,000 visas for returning workers already allocated. A lottery was held for petitions received between ...
USCIS reaches FY 2026 H-2B supplemental visa cap; lottery conducted as DHS expands seasonal worker allocations.
USCIS announces FY 2027 H-1B visa registration dates, new wage-based lottery system, higher scrutiny on employers, and major ...
Not every country sends the same number of EB-1 talent to the U.S. The top 10 nations below account for over 68% of EB-1 visa ...
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USCIS checking visitor visa applications for fraud

A Filipina mother and her US citizen daughter recently consulted with me after the mother’s adjustment of status was denied because the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) ...
A man arrested for allegedly overstaying his student visa and making false claims to U.S. citizenship was a Minnesota corrections officer until last fall. Morris Brown, who is 45 and from Liberia, ...
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New wage-based selection criteria and early employer filing patterns signal changing sponsorship dynamics for the ...
US Citizenship and Immigration Services is increasingly scrutinising applicants’ online professional profiles, particularly LinkedIn, and comparing them closely ...