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The USCIS has recently announced that all I-140 permanent residency petitions that are not premium processed will need to be submitted to the USCIS’s Dallas Lockbox. The I-140 petition is used for immigrants who seek to gain permanent residency through employment, including EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 visa applicants. The new address is: USCIS Dallas Lockbox [...] USCIS has finally announced that it has fully implemented a Secure Mail System. By having such a system, the USCIS can ensure that important immigration documentation is delivered to the appropriate address. Too often, immigrants wait for immigration documents that are sent to the wrong address, or the wrong person. The Secure Mail System will [...] Understanding public benefits and public charge is a difficult topic for immigrants (and immigration lawyers) to properly understand. Some programs are off limits to immigrants, while other programs are available to immigrants. Further, the programs available to U.S. citizen children differ from what maybe available to their parents. To help the confused, the USCIS recently [...] A common question that individuals have is whether it is necessary to submit original immigration documents to the immigration agency when applying for immigration benefits. Many individuals just assume that it is necessary to submit originals. But that is not the case. In almost all cases, a COPY OF AN IMMIGRATION DOCUMENT is the only [...] A few weeks ago, USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas attended a one-on-one forum at New York City’s New School. For an hour and a half the Director took questions from New School’s President Bob Kerrey and from eager forum attendees. Although I was unable to attend the forum, I recently got to watch the USCIS Director [...] USCIS has announced that it is holding a series of open houses at its immigration offices throughout the year. These open houses are meant to allow immigrants and other players in the immigration field to gain a better understanding of the USCIS’s practices and to better understand the USCIS workers at the field offices. If [...] The New York Times recently published an editorial questioning the increasing costs of immigration on the individuals who are seeking immigration benefits. The USCIS recently announced another increase in filing fees. These increases are due to the budget shortfall that the agency faces. Over 90% of the agency’s budget is financed by the fees it [...] USCIS is poised to raise the processing fees for immigration petitions once again. The raise in fees is about ten percent across the board for all immigration petitions. Two notable exceptions to the increase are the N-400 Naturalization Fee, which will remain $595 and the K-1 Fiancee visa application, which will actually decrease in cost. [...] It has been about eight months since Director Mayorkas officially took over the USCIS. In that time he has initiated many positive programs – and his work has not gone unnoticed. Director Mayorkas has attempted to listen to and hear about what parts of the Service that are not as fair and open as they [...] |
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