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Published by: The Times of India -  March 17, 2025

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-border-officials-target…

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The filing period for H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2014 numerical cap begins on April 1, 2013. USCIS anticipates that it may receive more than 65,000 cap-subject H-1B petitions and more than 20,000 petitions filed on behalf of individuals with a U.S. master’s degree or higher between April 1, 2013, and April 5, 2013. This could be the first time since April 2008 that the H-1B cap will require a lottery. 

USCIS Automatically Extends Validity of Employment Authorization Documents

Agency successfully meets 60-day implementation date

Please check the attached document to read USCIS memo on timeframe to respond to RFEs on provisional unlawful presence waiver requests.

USCIS recently updated the following forms:

Form I-600A, Application for Advance Processing of an Orphan Petition

01/20/2025 10:51 AM EST

Edition Date: 01/20/25. Starting April 17, 2025, USCIS will accept only the 01/20/25 edition. Until then, you can also use the 10/17/24 edition. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.

Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative

01/20/2025 10:45 AM EST

Published by: The Economic Times -  March 17, 2025

https://shorturl.at/8h948

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Please click on the link for the updated PERM Processing Times.

Until further notice, applicants should continue using the March 22, 2012, edition of Form N-400 currently available on the forms section of 

Release Date 

10/27/2023

Certain renewal applicants who have filed Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, qualify for an automatic extension of their expiring employment authorization and/or employment authorization documents (EADs) while their renewal application is pending. Starting today, those who are eligible will receive 180-day extensions in accordance with existing regulations, including those who have applied for or have received Temporary Protected Status or asylum.

USCIS recently updated the following form:

Form G-325A, Biographic Information (for Deferred Action)

10/25/2023 10:21 AM EDT

Edition Date: 10/25/23. Starting Nov. 13, USCIS will only accept the 10/25/23 edition. Until then, you can also use the 08/30/22 edition. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.

For more information, please visit the Forms Updates page.

Published by: Live Mint: November 02, 2023

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/canada-to-invite-nearly-15-lakh-imm…

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Rajiv S. Khanna, Managing Attorney at Immigration.com, the Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, PC, said, “Despite the tension, immigration wise, they don't have a choice."

This article is part of the continuing series of interviews between The Practical Lawyer Editorial Board Member Rajiv S. Khanna and leading practitioners across the country, designed to provide personal and professional insights into various areas of the law.

Read more by clicking the pdf attachment.

Release Date 

11/06/2023

As of Aug. 21, 2023, the Potomac Service Center (PSC) has begun to move to a new facility in Camp Springs, MD, and can no longer receive paper responses to correspondence such as Notices of Intent to Deny (NOID), Notices of Intent to Revoke (NOIR), Intents to Deny (ITD), Requests for Evidence (RFE) or supporting documentation for filings currently pending at the PSC.