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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status. less -

DHS: Automatic Extension of Work Authorization for Certain Renewal Applicants

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/10/2024

Good news for those applying for or with pending Employment Authorization Document (EAD) renewals. DHS is temporarily reinstituting its 540-day automatic extension of work authorization for eligible individuals....more

Automatic 540-Day Extension of Certain EAD Renewals Will Expire for Foreign National Workers in October: What Should Employers Do...

Fisher Phillips on 9/1/2023

By the end of October, a temporary rule that has been allowing certain foreign nationals to receive an increased period of automatically extended authorization to work in the United States for the past year will expire – and...more

USCIS Extends Comment Period for Proposed Fee Increases

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/1/2023

USCIS has proposed raising its filing fees – and the burden of those increased fees will fall primarily on employers large and small. For example, the filing fee for an H-1B visa would be raised by 70% from $460 to $780....more

USCIS extends immigration related due dates and temporary flexibility for Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, for the...

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/27/2023

On January 24, 2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced another extension of certain COVID-19-related flexibilities, now through March 23, 2023. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) originally...more

USCIS Extends Validity Periods on Employment Authorization Cards

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 5/20/2022

On May 4, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a temporary final rule increasing the automatic extension period of employment authorization cards (EAD or I-765) from 180 days to 540 days. The rule takes...more

USCIS Increases 180-day EAD Automatic Extension to 540 Days for Certain Applicants

Burr & Forman on 5/11/2022

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced a Temporary Final Rule that will increase the 180-day automatic extension period for some Employment Authorization Documents (“EADs”) to 540 days beyond the EAD’s...more

USCIS extends automatic extension period for EAD renewal applications, hopes to cut processing time in 2023

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 5/9/2022

On Wednesday, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a Temporary Final Rule to address the long delays in the approval of Employment Authorization Document renewal applications. Hundreds of thousands of foreign...more

DHS Has Temporarily Increased Automatic Extensions of Employment Authorization and/or Employment Authorization Documents (EADs)

Littler on 5/9/2022

Normally, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations provide for an automatic extension period of up to 180 days from the expiration date stated on the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) for applicants...more

I-9 compliance flexibility extended till October 31, but a question remains

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 5/3/2022

In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement relaxed some of the I-9 compliance requirements because of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of these “flexibilities” ended this...more

I-9 Flexibility Extended to End of October 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/28/2022

I-9 flexibility is extended until October 31, 2022, due to continuing COVID-19 precautions. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guidance remains the same and preparing for the possible end of the flexibility is still...more

Impacts of COVID-19 on U.S. Immigration and Travel Policies

Jackson Walker on 7/23/2020

COVID-19 has caused significant disruptions in every aspect of our daily lives. Several policies have been enacted, affecting millions of foreign national workers, both in the U.S. and abroad, along with the businesses that...more

DHS Extends Temporary Flexibility For Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, And Due Dates For Responding To Notices Of...

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/17/2020

In May, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension of the flexibility in complying with requirements related to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility...more

DHS Eases Immigration Rules Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/21/2020

- Foreign visitors and employees can extend or change their immigration status. - DHS relaxes requirements for original documents and original signatures. - DHS offices are closed to the public but continue to...more

The Shutdown: USCIS and E-Verify

Burr & Forman on 1/17/2019

The current government shutdown does not affect the vast majority of USCIS’s activities. Their offices are open, and interviews and appointments are proceeding as normal. USCIS continues to accept petitions and applications...more

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