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On July 21, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted final approval to the Settlement Agreement in the case of Aurelio Duran-Gonzalez v.
Adjudication of Requests for USCIS Motions to Reopen Certain Consent to Reapply and Adjustment of Status Applications filed in the Ninth Circuit between
August 13, 2004 and November 30, 2007.
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has extended Haiti’s designation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for an additional 18 months. The extended designation is effective Jan. 23, 2016, through July 22, 2017.
Sekretè Sekirite Enteryè Jeh Johnson pwolonje nominasyon Ayiti pou Stati Pwoteksyon Tanporè (Temporary Protected Status, TPS) pou yon lòt 18 mwa. Pwolongasyon nominasyon an ap anvigè ant 23 janvye 2016 ak 22 jiyè 2017.
USCIS will discontinue its legacy e-Filing system in order to maintain data security standards and focus resources on the replacement Electronic Immigration System.
In order to balance workloads, USCIS recently began transferring some cases from the Vermont Service Center to the California Service Center. The affected cases include:
Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative
Form I-751, Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence
How You Will Be Affected
On August 2, 2015, Typhoon Soudelor caused extensive damage in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). USCIS reminds customers affected by Typhoon Soudelor that certain U.S. immigration benefits or relief may be available to them. USCIS understands that a natural disaster can affect an individual’s ability to maintain lawful immigration status or obtain certain other immigration benefits.
USCIS has accounted for over 99 percent of the approximately 2,600 identified invalid work permits requiring return. Twenty-two of the approximately 2,600 recipients failed to return their work permits or certify good cause for not doing so by the deadline of July 30, 2015. As a result, those 22 have been terminated from DACA.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015, is the deadline for eligible nationals of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone (and people without nationality who last habitually resided in one of those three countries) to register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This deadline marks the end of DHS’ 90-day extension of the initial registration period. The TPS designations for these three countries run from Nov. 21, 2014, through May 21, 2016.
Le mardi 18 août 2015 est la date d’échéance pour les citoyens éligibles du Libéria, de la Guinée et de la Sierre Leone (et pour les personnes apatrides qui ont résidé habituellement et en dernier lieu dans l’un de ces trois pays) pour s’inscrire au Statut de Protection temporaire (TPS). Cette échéance marque la fin de la prolongation de 90 jours de la première période d’inscription par le DHS.