Applicants attending interviews at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field offices often rely on interpreters to ensure that their testimony is clear, accurate, and fully understood. Recent public statements have caused some confusion about whether USCIS provides interpreters or…
November 5, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has issued critical guidance for employers whose immigration filings were disrupted during the federal government shutdown. From October 1 through October 31, 2025, OFLC ceased all case…
Overview U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced major updates to the civics test required for U.S. citizenship. Starting October 20, 2025, anyone filing Form N-400 will take a revised version called the 2025 Naturalization Civics Test. This update aims to…
What You Need to Know About the Recent Immigration Pause A new internal memo, reported by CBS News, reveals that the Trump Administration has paused all immigration applications filed by or on behalf of individuals who entered the U.S. through the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and…
Understanding B-2 Visas and the Legal Framework for Job Seeking Under the Trump Administration With the return of the Trump Administration in 2025, U.S. immigration policies have shifted toward stricter enforcement. During the Biden Administration, the USCIS website advised stating that individuals…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has implemented significant regulatory updates to modernize, clarify, and enhance the H-1B visa program and related employment-based nonimmigrant classifications. These updates provide greater clarity, improve program integrity, and offer additional benefits and flexibilities. Below,…
Changes to USCIS Filing Fees In early 2024, USCIS changed the filing fees for certain immigration and naturalization forms and also released new versions of several forms. According to USCIS, the new fees will help to cover more of its…
As of February 17, 2022, USCIS-HQ (SCOPS) directed the Nebraska Service Center (“NSC”) and Texas Service Center (“TSC”) to cease adjudication of all EB Form I-485 cases other than those based on 4th preference petitions (religious workers, special immigrant juveniles, etc.). Processing of fourth…
WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is announcing a trio of efforts to increase efficiency and reduce burdens to the overall legal immigration system. USCIS will set new agency-wide backlog reduction goals, expand premium processing to additional form types,…
Nationwide, you and millions of families, businesses, and individuals applying for immigration benefits are waiting longer for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to process and approve applications and petitions. Based on previously available USCIS data1, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014, an average case took about five months to process. In FY2020,…
