On December 28, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule increasing the filing fees to be paid for its premium processing services. Effective February 26, 2024, ...

USCIS will enforce stricter signature requirements from July 10, 2026, allowing rejections of immigration applications with ...

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For the first time in more than seven years, the cost of some U.S. immigration and naturalization requests increased starting on Monday. The new fees affect benefits related to employment-based visas, ...

On January 4, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), proposing significant filing fee increases for employment-based, family-based, ...

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the rule was introduced amid growing concerns about fraudulent signatures ...

Crucially, applicants who fall foul of the rule may lose their filing fees entirely and be required to start again with a ...

Sophie Alcorn, attorney, author and founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley, California, is an award-winning Certified Specialist Attorney in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State ...

On Monday, January 8, 2024, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) received the final rule outlining the increased fees for US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) ...

A single signature mistake could now cost H-1B and Green Card applicants their application, and even their filing fees, under ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is exempting the biometric services fee for Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status. Beginning Oct. 1, USCIS is ...