EADs Delays: Filing and Follow-Up Suggestions The U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed in an August 27, 2014 teleconference with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) that there are ongoing delays in processing employment authorization document (EAD) applications. Such delays have potentially serious implications for both individuals and employers. The USCIS is trying…
Nonimmigrant visa applicants often inquire about attending consular interviews in a third country. Especially for foreign nationals who travel frequently, it is sometimes burdensome to travel to the home country solely to attend the interview. Furthermore, visa applicants are oftentimes in the U.S. in some other status prior to the consular interview and desire to…
Important Notice – New Application Fees: Nonimmigrant and immigrant visa application fees for certain visa categories will change on September 12, 2014. All visa applicants must pay the fee amounts in effect on the day they pay, with the exception of Immigrant Visa application processing fees paid domestically to the National Visa Center (NVC), which will…
Since the government began receiving provisional waiver applications, they have accepted a total of 42,376 applications. Of the cases that have received decisions, 16,639 have been approved and 7,968 have been denied. The USCIS National Benefits Center (NBC) has stated that of the 1,200 Provisional Waiver cases denied prior to the January 24, 2014 field guidance on…
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