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On February 1, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin collecting a new fee of $165 from foreign nationals seeking permanent residence in the United States. This new fee was established in USCIS’s final rule adjusting fees for immigration applications and petitions announced on September 24, 2010. The agency said it has worked… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched a new E-Verify Employers Search Tool that allows the user to find employers and federal contractors currently enrolled in E-Verify. The search tool includes the capability to filter, sort, and export employer results. It replaces the lists of E-Verify employers and federal contractors that previously appeared on… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released long-awaited operational guidance (PDF memo) for EB-5 cases involving tenant occupancy on December 20, 2012. USCIS said the memorandum is intended to facilitate adjudication of cases involving issues related to the “tenant-occupancy” methodology for establishing job creation in EB-5 cases. The agency noted that the guidance “has been… Read More

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton announced on December 21, 2012, the agency’s fiscal year (FY) 2012 year-end removal numbers, highlighting trends that underscore the administration’s focus on removing from the country convicted criminals and other individuals that fall into priority areas for enforcement. To further focus ICE resources on the most… Read More

On December 27, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced an extension of the re-registration period for Haitian nationals who have already been granted temporary protected status (TPS) and seek to maintain that status for an additional 18 months. Because of the impact Hurricane Sandy has had on regions where Haitians reside, USCIS extended… Read More