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WASHINGTON — Under updated policy guidance (PDF, 97 KB), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is instructing its officers to apply the same level of scrutiny to both initial petitions and extension requests for certain nonimmigrant visa categories. The guidance applies to nearly all nonimmigrant classifications filed using Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker.

• Fact Sheet

  Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DC
  October 24, 2017
  
  

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  Based on Section 6(a) of Executive Order 13780, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” the U.S. government undertook a 120-day review of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) to identify and implement additional security screening processes in order to uphold the safety of the American people.

  As a result, the President has issued a new Executive Order that provides for the general resumption of the USRAP.

The following Immigration Policy Memorandum is now available in the Policy Memoranda section of the USCIS website:

• Revised Guidance for Processing Cases Subject to Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility Grounds and Rescission of the Prior Hold Policy for Such Cases

Form I-941, Application for Entrepreneur Parole, is for entrepreneurs to: (1) make an initial request for parole based upon significant public benefit, (2) a subsequent request for parole for an additional period, or (3) file an amended application to notify USCIS of a material change.

USCIS transferred some of the following cases from the Vermont Service Center and California Service Center to the Texas Service Center:

• Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, for petitioners seeking L nonimmigrant classification

USCIS recently updated the following USCIS form(s):

Update to Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, New Edition Date 12/13/17.

01/03/2018 12:00 AM EST

For more information, please visit Forms Updates page.

WASHINGTON —U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued updated policy guidance today clarifying that a proxy vote must be irrevocable to establish the requisite control of a company in an L-1 visa petition. 

USCIS updated the following USCIS form(s):

DHS is currently reviewing extension requests from states with extensions that expired on October 10, 2017.  DHS will update this page as these reviews are completed and new extensions are granted.  In the meantime there will be no change in enforcement status for these states.  States will have a grace period until January 22, 2018, meaning that Federal agencies (including TSA) will continue to accept driver’s license and identification cards issued by these states in accordance with each agency’s policies.

In a huge relief for Indian techies spooked over reports of the Trump administration considering a proposal to prevent the extension of H-1B visas, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services said it “is not considering a regulatory change that would force H-1B visa holders to leave the United States” reports The Indian Express.

The USCIS London Field Office in the United Kingdom is moving to the new U.S. Embassy facility in the Nine Elms area of London. The last day that USCIS will provide services at Grosvenor Square facility will be January 10. Anyone who has an urgent request while the field office is closed should email USCIS.london@uscis.dhs.gov for assistance.

On January 17, USCIS will reopen at the new location:

On January 10, 2018, the Department of State launched improvements to how we share information with U.S. travelers. These improvements will provide U.S. citizens with clear, timely, and reliable safety and security information worldwide. Under the new system, every country will have a Travel Advisory, providing levels of advice ranging from 1 to 4: