ICE issued the latest information related to the COVID-19 pandemic. ICE confirmed that as of 4/13/20, 72 detainees, 19 detention facility personnel, and 67 ICE employees, have tested positive for COVID-19.
Over four hundred thousand residents may be unable to complete the process to become American citizens in time for the November election due to the coronavirus pandemic. USCIS field offices that conduct mandatory interviews of naturalization applicants has been shut down since March 18 and is scheduled to remain closed until at least May 3. The agency has not provided a remote option for citizenship interviews or oath ceremonies.
The American Immigration Lawyers Association has announced that due to the current health crisis their annual conference on immigration law will be held sometime in the fall. It was originally scheduled to take place in June in San Diego.
USCIS encourages all those, including aliens, with symptoms that resemble Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) (fever, cough, shortness of breath) to seek necessary medical treatment or preventive services. Such treatment or preventive services will NOT negatively affect any alien as part of a future Public Charge analysis. The Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule does not restrict access to testing, screening, or treatment of communicable diseases, including COVID-19. In addition, the rule does not restrict access to vaccines for children or adults to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases. Importantly, for purposes of a public charge inadmissibility determination, USCIS considers the receipt of public...
USCIS announced on April 1, 2020 that H-1B cap-subject petitions for FY2021 may now be filed with USCIS if based on a valid selected registration. The filing period will last 90 days and must be filed by paper. USCIS noted that nearly 275,000 registrations were submitted during the initial registration period.
In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Monday , March 30th, 2020, flexible measures to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to certain Requests for Evidence (RFE) , Notices of Intent to Deny (NOID), Notices of Intent to Revoke (NOIR) and Notices of Intent to Terminate (NOIT) regional investment centers, as well as certain filing date requirements for Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion. This flexibility applies to notices and requests issued between March 1, 2020 and May 1, 2020. Any response to an RFE, NOID, NOIR, or NOIT received within...
USCIS offices will reopen on April 7, 2020 unless the public closures are extended further. Employees in these offices are continuing to perform mission-essential services that do not require face-to-face contact with the public. USCIS field offices will send notices to applicants and petitioners with scheduled appointments and naturalization ceremonies impacted by the extended closure.
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced on March 21, 2020 that the federal income tax filing due date is automatically extended from April 15, 2020, to July 15, 2020. Taxpayers can also defer federal income tax payments due on April 15, 2020, to July 15, 2020, without penalties and interest, regardless of the amount owed. This deferment applies to all taxpayers, including individuals, trusts and estates, corporations and other non-corporate tax filers as well as those who pay self-employment tax. Taxpayers do not need to file any additional forms to qualify for this automatic federal tax filing and...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today ( March 20, 2020) announced that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 National Emergency announced by President Trump on March 13, 2020, all benefit forms and documents with reproduced original signatures will be accepted, including the Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker, for submissions dated March 21, 2020, and beyond. USCIS already accepts various petitions, applications and other documents bearing an electronically reproduced original signature. This means that a document may be scanned, faxed, photocopied, or similarly reproduced provided that the copy must be of an original document containing an original handwritten signature, unless otherwise...
The initial H-1B electronic registration period closed today, March 20, 2020, at 12:00 pm EST . Selected registrants will be notified no later than March 31, 2020 and can then proceed to file the entire H-1B petition. The U.S. State Department is suspending visa services in most countries due to COVID-19. All routine nonimmigrant and immigrant visa appointments have been canceled as of March 18, 2020. The Canadian border is closed to non-essential traffic. The U.S. and Canada have made an agreement to partly shut down the U.S.-Canadian border. Key supplies will be able to travel between the two...
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