Keeping Families Together : Application for Parole in Place (NEW PIP August, 2024)
On June 18, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a key step toward fulfilling President Biden’s commitment to promoting family unity in the immigration system. On Aug. 19, 2024, DHS implemented Keeping Families Together, a process for certain noncitizen spouses and noncitizen stepchildren of U.S. citizens to request parole in place under existing...
Read MoreUSCIS Filing Fees Are Likely to Increase Soon.
USCIS Filing Fees Are Likely to Increase Soon. On January 3, 2023, USCIS published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. Read More.
Read MoreCOVID-19 Vaccination Required for Immigration Medical Examinations
COVID-19 Vaccination Required for Immigration Medical Examinations U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that, effective Oct. 1, 2021, applicants subject to the immigration medical examination must complete the COVID-19 vaccine series before the civil surgeon can complete an immigration medical examination and sign Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record.
Read MoreU.S. Visa Interview Waiver Eligibility Extended
Deparment of Status Extended Certain Non-Immigrant Visa Interview Waiver The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Department of Homeland Security, has extended until December 31, 2023, previously approved authorities allowing consular officers to waive the in-person interview for certain H-2 (temporary agricultural and non-agricultural workers) applicants; certain students, professors, research scholars, short-term scholars,...
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