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Oct. 3, 2018

Are you feeling lucky? The U.S. Government is now putting forward an immigration program which allows a class of 50,000 immigrants known as ‘diversity immigrants’ to be issued Legal Residency/Green Cards.

June 14, 2018

There is news from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) concerning the processing time for an I-751 to remove the conditions on conditional Legal Permanent Residents. As of today, petitioners who file an I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence will receive a receipt notice that can be presented with their Permanent Resident/Green Card, as evidence of continued status for 18 months past the expiration date on their Permanent Resident/Green Card.

May 14, 2018

Beginning today, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) will begin recalling approximately eight thousand five hundred Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) due to production error. The Green Cards were for approved Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions of Residence for spouses of U.S. citizens.

Jan. 16, 2018

On Saturday, January 13, 2018, U.S. Customs and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) posted it will resume accepting DACA renewal applications. The decision to allow DACA renewals came after a San Francisco Federal Court blocked the administration’s decision to end DACA last September.

Jan. 9, 2018

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on January 8, 2018 the termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for El Salvador effective on September 9, 2019. The termination of TPS for El Salvador is delayed 18 months in order to provide time for individuals with TPS to arrange for their departure or to seek an alternative lawful immigration status in the United States, if eligible.

Jan. 3, 2018

All United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) District 1 offices (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island) and the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) – Boston Immigration Court will be closed tomorrow, January 4, 2018, due to the inclement weather. USCIS will be reaching out to every applicant (and/or their Attorneys) scheduled for tomorrow to inform them about the closure.

Nov. 21, 2017

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on November 20, 2017, the termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Haiti, effective on July 22, 2019. This announcement follows then-Secretary Kelly’s announcement in May that the designation would not likely be extended past six months.

Nov. 17, 2017

Elaine Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, announced on November 6, 2017, changes to the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Nicaragua and Honduras.TPS is a temporary status designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security that can be granted to eligible nationals of certain countries, who are already in the United States.

Oct. 27, 2017

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its guidelines on October 23, 2017 to apply the same level of scrutiny to initial and extension requests for nearly all nonimmigrant classifications filed using Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, most especially H-1B petitions.

Oct. 23, 2017

The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) experienced a technical issue this past month on the Diversity Visa lottery and has reopened a new full entry period, starting Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 12:00pm EST and ending Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 12:00p EST.