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July 2022
Immigration News Briefs

Premium processing for certain I-140 petitions

On May 24, USCIS stated it is implementing premium processing for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications. This expansion of premium processing only applies to certain previously filed Form I-140 petitions under an E13 multinational executive and manager classification or E21 classification as a member of professions with advanced degrees or exceptional ability seeking a national interest waiver (NIW). Petitioners who wish to request a premium processing upgrade must file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service.

The expansion will occur in phases:

USCIS has 45 days to complete premium processing for these newly included Form I-140 classifications. It will reject premium processing requests for these classifications that are filed before their start date of June 1, 2022, or July 1, 2022. USCIS will not accept new (initial) Forms I-140 with a premium processing request at this time.

USCIS issuing corrected form I-765 receipt notices

Between May 4 and June 2, 2022, USCIS issued certain I-765 receipt notices with incorrect information. In particular, the incorrect notices included language relating to a 180-day automatic extension for certain categories of renewal applicants, instead of the correct 540-day automatic extension provided by the temporary final rule effective May 4, 2022 (Temporary Increase of the Automatic Extension Period of Employment Authorization and Documentation for Certain Renewal Applicant (87 FR 26614)). USCIS has printed corrected notices, with language confirming the 540-day automatic extension, for affected applications. Affected applicants should expect to receive an updated receipt by the third week of June.

Supreme Court dismisses "public charge" rule

CNN reported that the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal brought by a group of Republican-led states seeking to intervene in a case challenging the Trump-era “public charge” immigration policy, a version of which the Biden Administration has abandoned. The Trump-era policy—an expansion of the so-called "public charge" rule—made it more difficult for immigrants to obtain legal status if they use certain public benefits, such as Medicaid, food stamps, and housing vouchers. AILA and the American Immigration Council submitted comments in response to the proposed rule. The Department of Homeland Security expects to publish a new final rule in July or August.

 

APPLICATION FINAL ACTION DATES FOR ​ ​​JULY 2022

FAMILY

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

01Dec14

01Dec14

2A

Current

​Current

2B

22Sep15

22Sep15

3rd

​​22​Nov08

​​22​Nov08

4th

​15Sep05

​22Mar0​7

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

Current

Current

2nd

 01​​Dec14

Current

3rd

​​​​15Jan1​2

Current

Other

15Jan1​2

08M​ay19

4th

Current

Current

5th

Current

Current1B

 

 

DATES FOR FILING VISA APPLICATIONS - ​​J​ULY 2022

 

FAMILY

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

​01July16

​01July16

2A

Current

Current

2B

​​01Oct16

​​​​01O​ct16

3rd

​​01O​ct09

​​01O​ct09

4th

22F​eb06

08N​ov07

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

Current

Current

2nd

01Jan15 

Current

3rd

22Jan12

Current

Other

22Jan12

Current

4th

Current

Current

5th

Current

Current1B


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