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  • USCIS Begins Accepting Requests for Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
    18 Mar 2013 - 14:39

    Agency successfully meets 60-day implementation date

    WASHINGTON— U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will begin accepting requests, effective immediately, for consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals. On June 15, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced that certain people who came to the United States as children and meet other key guidelines may request, on a case-by-case basis, consideration of deferred action.

    “USCIS has developed a rigorous review process for deferred action requests under guideli...

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  • Deferred Enforced Departure Extended for Liberians
    18 Mar 2013 - 14:28

    USCIS Automatically Extends Validity of Employment Authorization Documents

    WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced its intention to automatically extend employment authorization documents (EADs) for Liberian nationals covered under Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) through Sept. 30, 2013. This automatic extension of EADs follows President Obama’s announcement today of his decision to extend DED through Sept. 30, 2014 for qualifie...

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  • USCIS Announcement Regarding Premium Processing for H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions
    18 Mar 2013 - 14:10

    The filing period for H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2014 numerical cap begins on April 1, 2013. USCIS anticipates that it may receive more than 65,000 cap-subject H-1B petitions and more than 20,000 petitions filed on behalf of individuals with a U.S. master’s degree or higher between April 1, 2013, and April 5, 2013. This could be the first time since April 2008 that the H-1B cap will require a lottery. 

    USCIS provides premium processing service for certain employment-based petitions and guarantees a 15-calendar-day processing time. Due to the historic premium processing receipt levels, combined with the possibility that the H-1B cap will be met in the first 5 business days of the filing season, USCIS has...

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  • USCIS to Accept H-1B Petitions for Fiscal Year 2014 on April 1, 2013
    16 Mar 2013 - 02:27

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 cap on Monday, April 1, 2013. Cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS receives a properly filed petition for which the correct fee has been submitted; not the date that the petition is postmarked.

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  • CBP Releases Memo on the Implementation of DACA
    15 Mar 2013 - 14:30

    CBP memo concerning the exercise of prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the U.S. as children.

    Please check attached document to read CBP Memo.

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