USCIS, July 16, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the new provisions added to the Immigration and Nationality...
DOS, July 15, 2024 " On June 18, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced actions to more efficiently process employment-based nonimmigrant visas for those who have graduated from college...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Jessica Paszko, July 13, 2024 "Portability under Section 204(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) allows certain employment-based green card applicants to change jobs...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/12/2024 "The Department of State (the Department) publishes a final rule revising the Code of Federal Regulations to amend...
Visa Bulletin for August 2024
NILA Practice Advisory, May 17, 2024
"Noncitizens and their attorneys are experiencing record-breaking delays in the adjudication of benefit applications by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State (DOS). As processing times for most, if not all, applications stretch into years, attorneys increasingly are challenging these delays in U.S. district courts. As a result, there have been dozens of district court decisions—and a handful of court of appeals decisions—in recent years addressing immigration delay suits brought under the Mandamus Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1361, and/or the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(1). This practice advisory analyzes trends from decisions issued only since 2021, focusing primarily on decisions from the courts of appeals and reported district court decisions.2 It is not a complete survey of cases since most district court decisions are unreported. Note that some of the referenced district court cases may be on appeal. Consequently, attorneys contemplating a delay lawsuit should independently research decisions within their jurisdiction."