Step 1: Contact (800) 375-5283 Contact the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at (800) 375-5283 or submit an online request. NCSC can help customers, community-based organizations and liaison groups with case-related inquiries and expedites. Step 2: NCSC Follow-Up Email If more than 30 days have passed since you contacted NCSC and the issue has not…

On October 18, 2016, USCIS released the latest updated processing time reports, with processing dates as of August 31, 2016, for the California Service Center (CSC), the Nebraska Service Center (NSC), the Texas Service Center (TSC), the Vermont Service Center (VSC), the Potomac Service Center (YSC), the National Benefits Center (NBC), and the Immigrant Investor (EB-5) Program.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Departmental Offices announced that the Interest Rate Paid on Cash Deposited to Secure U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Immigration Bonds will be set at an interest rate of 0.31 per centum per annum.   The change will be effective for the period beginning October 1, 2016, and ending on December 31,…

Department of State in a Liaison Meeting on October 6, 2016 announced that a TN visa is not employer specific. DOS takes the position that if the TN worker changes employers, the TN visa remains valid until it expires or is revoked. When a worker changes employers, however, DOS suggests that the TN worker should…

1. The Department made the formal public announcement of the Diversity Visa (DV) 2018 program on September 16, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Posts may now access an English language version of the DV-2018 instructions bulletin from travel.state.gov (TSG). 2. The Immigration and Nationality Act states that no DVs shall be provided for “high admission” countries…

Last year, an organization known as the Louisiana Family Forum lobbied Louisiana legislators for a bill that would curb a supposed epidemic of “marriage fraud”.  A state representative, Valarie Hodges, obliged and introduced the bill to the state legislature. Both claim to be a voice for “traditional families” amid the country’s latest wave of nativism….

1. Effective November 1, 2016 Consular Affairs (CA) will no longer accept photographs of visa and passport applicants wearing eyeglasses, except in rare, medically-documented circumstances. CA will implement this policy with a soft one-month enforcement period from November 1 to November 30, 2016, after which accept photographs with eyeglasses will not be accepted. 2. CA…

The U.S. Department of State  implemented a policy on November 5, 2015, which requires consular officers to prudentially revoke (i.e., without making a determination that the individual is inadmissible) nonimmigrant visas of individuals arrested for, or convicted of, driving under the influence or driving while intoxicated, or similar arrests/convictions, that occurred within the previous five…

CBP Announces the Addition of Nine Airports to Global Entry Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 4, 2016– CBP is designating nine additional Global Entry airports. Each of these airports will have Global Entry kiosks for the use of participants. The additional airports, listed alphabetically by state, and then city, are:…

CBP announced on September 29, 2016, that travelers can now apply and pay for the FORM I-94 online prior to entering at a land port of entry. The traveler can pay the $6.00 up to 7 days prior to entry A provisional I-94 will be issued which will expire in 7 days Travelers should be…