On April 9, 2024 , the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it must audit each designated regional center...

On May 18, 2024 , the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received enough petitions to reach the...

According to the June 2024 visa bulletin issued by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) , high demand in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories will...

On April 4, 2024 , the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that any Form I-693, Report of Immigration...

On April 29, 2024 , the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to help certain...

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the extension and redesignation of Ethiopia for Temporary Protected Status...

On April 4, 2024 , the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a temporary rule to increase the automatic...

Due to the long delay of immigration cases by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) , Williams Global Law...

The NBA-ILS warmly welcomes you to the Inaugural ILS Symposium next Thursday, June 6, 2024 in person in Washington, DC! Williams...

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its April 2024 Visa Bulletin. Each month, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...

On March 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) renewed its partnership with the Dominican Republic to protect workplace rights for...

On March 18, 2024, the United States Department of State (DOS) made a Crisis Intake Form available to U.S. Citizens in Haiti. Due to...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received enough petitions to meet the cap for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2024 on March 8, 2024. Now that USCIS has reached its cap for H-2B petitions, it will reject new cap-subject H-2B petitions received after March 7, 2024 , that request an employment start date on or after April 1, 2024 , and before October 1, 2024 . Please note: USCIS will continue to accept H-2B petitions that are exempt from the con

As of March 12, 2024 , the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began efforts to provide Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) more efficiently to eligible refugees after they are admitted into the United States. This streamlined process for Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization , shortens the wait time for an EAD to approximately 30 days instead of several months. Refugees are no longer required to apply for an EAD, which allows for

At the start of this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced fee changes for several forms starting April 1, 2024 . During a biennial fee review, USCIS determined that the current fees for several forms do not recover the full cost of providing adjudication and naturalization services. Fee changes range from only 7% increase to 2050% increase. H-1B Registration Process fee will increase from $10

Williams Global Law Founding Partner, Simone Williams, has been recognized as an Honored Listee in the Marquis Who’s Who for her...

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its January 2024 Visa Bulletin. Each month, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...

On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence. The Executive...

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) proposes to amend existing Exchange Visitor Program regulations governing the Au Pair category to...

On November 30, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), launched the ICE Portal, a public-facing website that centralizes...