USCIS to Implement Next Phase of Premium Processing for Certain Previously Filed EB-1 and EB-2 Form I-140 Petitions
The next stage of the premium processing expansion is currently being implemented by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for a select group of petitioners who hold an active Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 categories.
This phase only applies to specific previously submitted Form I-140 petitions under an E13 multinational executive and manager classification or E21 classification as a member of professions with advanced degrees or exceptional ability seeking a national interest waiver. This phase is similar to the first and second phases of the expansion (NIW).
Source: USCIS
USCIS to Welcome 19,000 New Citizens in Celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
Between September 17 through September 23, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will welcome more than 19,000 new citizens in more than 235 naturalization ceremonies across the country to commemorate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.
As part of Constitution Week, the country honors Constitution Day and Citizenship Day on September 17. (Sept. 17 to 23). The celebration recognizes both the U.S. Constitution’s adoption on September 17, 1787, and an occasion known as “I Am an American Day” that first occurred in 1940. President Harry Truman passed Citizenship Day into law in 1952, and President Dwight Eisenhower declared the first Constitution Week in 1955.
Source: USCIS
USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for First Half of FY 2023
The number of petitions received by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the limit for H-2B visas for temporary non-agricultural employees set by Congress for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2023. The final day for receipt of new cap-subject H-2B worker applications requesting employment start dates before April 1, 2023 was September 12, 2022. New cap-subject H-2B petitions that are submitted after September 12, 2022 and ask for an employment start date before April 1, 2023 will be denied by USCIS.
Source: USCIS
Dreamers Wait for a Court Decision While the DACA Program Is Freeze-In-Time
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was codified and strengthened by the Biden administration in late August in an effort to shield the program and its beneficiaries from continued legal risks.
DACA provides work authorization, deportation protection, and, in some cases, travel authorization to those who were brought to the nation as children without legal status or who later lost that status. DACA recipients, sometimes known as “Dreamers,” have long been associated with immigrant kids. However, in reality, many Dreamers are already entering their middle years and are starting their own families.
Source: Boundless
