August 19, 2024, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern) Language: Spanish Audience: National Join the Meeting: No registration is required. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will hold two national stakeholder engagements, one in English and one in Spanish, on Keeping Families Together, a new process that will enable certain noncitizen spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens...Read More

Release Date: 07/30/2024 In March, USCIS conducted an initial random selection on properly submitted electronic registrations for the fiscal year 2025 H-1B cap, including for beneficiaries eligible for the advanced degree exemption. Only those petitioners with selected registrations for FY 2025 are eligible to file H-1B cap-subject petitions during the filing period on their registration selection notice. The initial...Read More

Release Date 07/17/2024 On June 18, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced actions to promote family unity in the immigration process. This announcement is consistent with the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to keep families together. DHS is establishing a process to consider, on a case-by-case basis, requests for parole in place from certain noncitizen spouses of U.S. citizens...Read More

Release Date: July 1, 2024 Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas extended and redesignated Haiti for TPS from Aug. 4, 2024, through Feb. 3, 2026. Nationals of Haiti and individuals with no nationality who last habitually resided in Haiti may submit an initial registration application under the redesignation of Haiti for TPS and apply for an EAD....Read More

Release Date: News Item Date: June 20, 2024 USCIS is issuing Form I-797, Notice of Action, to certain Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries who are eligible to re-register for TPS or have a pending application to renew their Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document (EAD). This notice further extends the validity of their EAD through March...Read More

Release Date: June 18, 2024 WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued the following statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s actions to keep American families together and to streamline a pathway for Dreamers to access waivers relating to high-skilled labor visas for which they are qualified: “Today, the Department of Homeland Security is taking...Read More

U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE Home-Office of the Spokesperson-Press Releases REMARKS ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE HARRY S. TRUMAN BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 22, 2024 Secretary Blinken remarks on the release of the 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights PracticesSecretary of State Antony J. Blinken remarks on the release of the 2023 Country Reports on...Read More

Eligible Palestinians can now apply for EAD valid through Aug. 13, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today posted a Federal Register notice establishing procedures for Palestinians covered by Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) to apply for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) that will be valid through Aug. 13, 2025. President Biden issued a memorandum on DED for Palestinians on Feb....Read More

Release Date 04/12/2024 Redesignation Allows Additional Eligible Ethiopian Nationals to Apply for TPS and Employment Authorization Documents WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension and redesignation of Ethiopia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from June 13, 2024, to December 12, 2025, due to ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary...Read More

On April 8, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a second temporary final rule (89 FR 24628) temporarily increasing the automatic extension period for employment authorization and/or Employment Authorization Documents (EAD, Form I-766) to up to 540 days. This temporary increase is available to certain individuals who timely filed Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, renewal applications on...Read More