On August 30, Dept. of State issued the following update on which immigrant categories are prioritized. Tier One: Immediate relative intercountry adoption visas, age-out cases (cases where the applicant will soon no longer qualify due to their age), certain Special Immigrant Visas (SQ and SI f...
Beginning October 1, 2021 USCIS and Dept. of State will require green card and refuge status applicants to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Children and people with medical exceptions are exempt. All new immigration medical examinations, Form I-693 completed on or after October 1, 2021 will have ...
On August 12, 2021, DOS updated its FAQs concerning the automatic extension of NIEs for 12 months. In those FAQs, DOS confirms that Customs and Border Protection will recognize the validity of all NIEs approved by DOS. The FAQs also make clear that the DOS announcement concerning extension of the...
On August 17, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the Biden administration to issue 9,095 diversity visas from FY2020 that the court reserved nearly a year ago. The decision was part of a lawsuit brought by AILA, Justice Action Center, and Innovation Law Lab, with pro bon...
Beginning Aug. 12, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is temporarily extending the validity period for Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, from two years to now four years due to COVID-19-related delays in processing. USCIS may consider a completed Form...
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