BIB Daily presents bimonthly PERM practice tips from Ron Wada , member of the Editorial Board for Bender’s Immigration Bulletin and author of the 10+ year series of BALCA review articles, “Shaping...
OFLC, Aug. 15, 2024 "The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has released a comprehensive set of public disclosure data (through the third quarter of fiscal year 2024) drawn from employer...
Bent v. Garland (2-1) "This is a rare case: both the government and Petitioner Claude Bent seek remand so that the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) can reassess its decision denying...
NJIC, Aug. 12, 2024 "A federal court in the Southern District of Indiana has ruled for the second time that individuals who suffered flooded cells and poor sanitation at the Clay County Jail can...
AIJustice.org "Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice – formerly FIAC), a not-for-profit law firm founded in 1996 to protect and promote the basic human rights of immigrants, has a multicultural...
USCIS, Apr. 1, 2024
"On Jan. 31, 2024, USCIS published a final rule that, for the first time since 2016, adjusts certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. With the final rule, we can recover our operating costs more fully and support timely processing of new applications. Unlike many other federal agencies, we are almost entirely fee funded. About 96% of our funding is from filing fees, and only about 4% is from congressional appropriations. This final rule goes into effect on April 1, 2024. We consolidated the questions and answers below from questions that stakeholders submitted through our national engagement and other channels. You can also view the PowerPoint presentation (PDF, 469.54 KB) from this national engagement. ... "