On March 12, 2019 the termination of Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Nepal and Honduras has been temporarily stayed by a federal district court in California in the Bhattarai v. Nielsen case.

TPS for Nepal was scheduled to expire on June 24, 2019 while TPS for Honduras was set to expire on January 5, 2020. This Court order is linked to the preliminary injunction in the Ramos v. Nielsen case, in which the Department of Homeland Security was ordered to continue TPS for El Salvador, Haiti, Sudan, and Nicaragua.

TPS now temporarily remains in place for all of the six countries that received termination decisions by the Trump administration:  Sudan,   Nicaragua,  Haiti,  El Salvador,  Nepal, and  Honduras.

USCIS will resume premium processing on Tuesday, March 12, for all H-1B petitions including pending petitions that have been issued a request for evidence (RFE).

Premium processing service can be requested for pending H-1B petitions that have been issued a transfer notice. The premium processing request must be submitted with a copy of the transfer notice to the service center now handling the petition.

DOS announced on February 26, 2019 that in light of the suspension of routine visa services at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, has been designated as the primary site to process immigrant visas for residents of Venezuela. The NVC will begin scheduling immigrant visa appointments in Bogota starting April 2019.

Nonimmigrant visa applications may be submitted at an embassy or consulate outside of Venezuela.