Effective December 7, 2020 and pursuant to court order, the USCIS re-implemented the DACA policies in place before September 5, 2017.  As a result, the agency is currently accepting new DACA applications based on those terms, and modifying decisions taken under the new policies to comply with the original terms of the DACA program.

The USCIS has announced changes to the Civics portion of the naturalization test.   Applicants who file before December 1, 2020 will take the current version (the “2008 version”).  Those who file on or after that date will take the test put in place by the Trump Administration, the “2020 version.”

On September 29, 2020 a federal district court blocked implementation of the increases, as well as every other provision contained in the Final Rule.

It is critical for nonimmigrants to check the “admit until” date on their I-94s after each entry to the United States.

A recent injunction issued by a federal district judge in New York has forced the Trump Administration to suspend its sweeping expansion of the Public Charge ground of inadmissibility. 

Filing fees important to many of our clients will see a sharp increase on October 2, 2020 when the changes outlined in the Final Rule go into effect

The Trump administration has dropped its effort to require international students to leave the U.S. if their schools will offer only online instruction this fall. 

Many who have read the Trump Administration’s latest executive order limiting entry to the U.S. for certain nonimmigrants and immigrants have questions. We have answers.

The government has announced that “some” offices will reopen June 4 to resume non-emergency services.