Release Date 

09/03/2021

Published by: The Economic Times - Date: September 02, 2021

Synopsis

The USCIS ombudsman's office is housed within the Department of Homeland Security but watches over the USCIS independently. You can open a case with them online. They are often successful where the USCIS bureaucracy fails because they can function as a neutral mediator.

For more on this article please see the attachment below.

Release Date 

09/01/2021

Published by: The Economic Times - Date: September 01, 2021

Quotes and Excerpts from Rajiv in the article:

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 Verification, due to COVID-19.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

If you received a juvenile court order from a California Juvenile Court and then filed a Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) petition after turning 18 years old, you may be part of a federal class action settlement:

A.O., et al v. Jaddou, et al,

United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Case Number 19-cv-6151-SVK

USCIS recently updated the following USCIS form(s):

Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility

07/20/2021 08:52 AM EDT

Starting 10/26/21, USCIS will only accept the 7/20/21 version. Until then, you can use the 1/27/20 version. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.

Petition for Alien Relative

07/20/2021 08:31 AM EDT