Arash Bahar and John Quill discussed the features of the Online Organizational Accounts and how the updated H-1B registration process will work.

Over the past several months, the Department of State (DOS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have announced additional backlogs in the permanent residence (Green Card) quota system.  These additional backlogs have forced employers and their foreign national employees to adjust strategy in applying for permanent residence, and in maintaining lawful status and employment authorization in the U.S.

Under a recent USCIS rule change, lawful permanent residents who have filed a Form N-400 Naturalization Application with USCIS on or after December 12, 2022, will receive a 24-month automatic Green Card extension.

USCIS recently announced the extension of COVID-19-related flexibilities, including additional time to file certain responses and documents and that it will indefinitely allow documents with electronically produced original signatures.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting requests for premium processing for EB-1C multinational executive and manager petitions and EB-2 National Interest Waiver I-140 petitions on August 1.

This alert discusses DHS’s termination of its temporary COVID-19 policy allowing employers to accept expired List B identity documents for I-9 purposes and covers what’s required of employers. 

This alert covers the DHS announcement designating Afghanistan and Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and outlines the process of applying for TPS, which will be in effect for 18 months.