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Thoughts on Extraordinary Ability and National Interest Waivers
For employment-based immigrations, usually, one must have an employer who files aLabor Certification with the Department of Labor (DOL) for the employer to prove workershortage. The EB-1 extraordinary ability and outstanding researcher as well as the EB-2National Interest Waiver (NIW) classifications exempts the immigrant from the slow DOLprocess, and EB-1s...
New Programs Available for H-1B, L1, ADIT Stamps
New Department of State Visa Extension ProgramThe Department of State will soon allow H-1B and L-1 visas to be renewed by mail(rather than the applicant having to go to an American consulate abroad to seek a newvisa stamp). (A similar program existed many years ago,). H-1B and L-1 applicants willstill...
New I-829 Receipts
The USCIS has issued new I-829 receipts extending conditional permanent residentgreen cards for 48 months beyond the expiration date of the card. The new receiptsextend the card for employment authorization and international travel. At this time, I-829s for EB-5 conditional resident immigrants are being processed by theUSCIS extremely slowly. There...
New Way to Expedite Some Cases
The USCIS will soon expand its criteria allowing some applications to be expedited,called “premium processing,” with a fee of $2,500. These new categories include:EB-1 multinational organization executives and managers (“EB-1C”).EB-2 National Interest Waivers (“NIW”)The processing time will be 45 days (not 15 as with a nonimmigrant visa such as H-1B,L-1...
Validity of Green Cards for conditional permanent residents with pending I-751 and I-829 petitions extended to 48 months
Welcome news to many, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have announced that they will extend the validity of Green Cards for conditional permanent residents with pending I-751 and I-829 petitions to 48 months. This change came into effect on 25 January 2023 for those with a pending Form I-751 - Petition...