Immigration
Revised Form I-539 and new Form I-539A
February 27, 2019
Effective March 11, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they will only accept the revised Form I-539 with the edition date of 02/04/2019. Any submissions of the Form I-539 with a previous edition date will automatically be rejected. USCIS has also created a new Form I-539A, Supplemental Information for Application to Extend/Change […]
Non-emergency visa services suspended in Venezuela
January 28, 2019
Due to the political situation in Venezuela, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) has withdrawn all non-essential diplomatic staff from the country and has suspended all “non-emergency” visa services in Caracas, Venezuela. At this time, the DOS has not addressed whether any services will be available to foreign nationals. However, immigrant and nonimmigrant visa processing […]
New Policy on Accrual of Unlawful Presence
January 14, 2019
On May 8, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a memo proposing a fundamental change to the way it counts accruing “unlawful presence,” which impacts those of you who are in F-1 and J-1 status, as well as your dependents. This new USCIS policy went into effect on August 9, 2018. In the […]