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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited you to participate in a listening session on Thursday, March 19, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern) to provide feedback on one area of the executive actions on immigration: business-focused immigration enhancements.
On March 18, the federal district court in the Northern District of Florida granted a motion filed by the Department of Labor (DOL) effectively permitting DOL to restart its issuance of temporary labor certifications under the H-2B visa program through April 15, 2015.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in coordination with the U.S. Department of State invited you to participate in a teleconference on Wednesday, March 18, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern) to discuss changes to the Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) program. The changes require that new applicants file a Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, and fee or request for fee waiver in order to apply for the program when invited by the Department of State’s National Visa Center after February 17, 2015. During this teleconference, USCIS officials discussed the changes to the CFRP program and address questions.
Today, March 17, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will resume adjudications of H-2B petitions, but will continue to suspend premium processing until further notice. Monday, March 16, 2015 the Department of Labor (DOL) filed an unopposed motion to stay the March 4 order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida in Perez v. Perez until April 15. That order vacated DOL's H-2B regulations on the grounds that DOL had no authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act to issue them.
H-1B petitioners may still continue to request premium processing together with their H-1B petition. However, please note that USCIS has temporarily adjusted its current premium processing practice based on historic premium processing receipt levels and the possibility that the H-1B cap will be met in the first five business days of the filing season. In order to prioritize data entry for cap subject H-1B petitions, USCIS will begin premium processing for H-1B cap-subject petitions requesting premium processing no later than May 11, 2015.
If you are a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiary who is eligible to re-register for TPS but did not file your application before the deadline for your re-registration period, USCIS reminds you to follow the guidance on our TPS web page under “Filing Late.”
STATEMENT OF DAVID G. GULICK District Director for Honolulu, Hawaii U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Security Before The House Committee on Natural Resources
As of March 5, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is temporarily suspending adjudication of Form I-129 H-2B petitions for temporary non-agricultural workers while the government considers the appropriate response to the court order entered March 4, 2015, in Perez v. Perez, No. 3:14-cv-682 (N.D. Florida, Mar. 4, 2015).
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a Spanish language dialogue with USCIS Director León Rodríguez on Friday, March 6 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern). During the session, Director Rodríguez will highlight agency initiatives and listen and respond to issues of concern to the stakeholder community.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a stakeholder teleconference on Tuesday, March 17 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern), with USCIS Director León Rodríguez. During the session, Director Rodríguez will highlight agency initiatives and listen and respond to issues of concern to the stakeholder community.