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October 2024
Immigration News Briefs

Keeping Families Together program challenged

Sixteen Republican-led states, led by Texas and America First Legal (Stephen Miller, president of America First Legal), filed a complaint to block DHS’s Keeping Families Together parole-in-place program which was announced in June 2024 and implemented on August 19, 2024. The rule allows for humanitarian parole and a path to permanent residency for certain immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens without them having to leave the country.

As of August 26, 2024, due to a court order currently in effect, USCIS may accept Keeping Families Together parole applications but may not approve them. USCIS has stated that it will continue to schedule biometric appointments.

F/M Nonimmigrant Student classification update

On August 27, USCIS updated guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding when students may be eligible for optional practical training (OPT) extensions for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. This guidance, found in Volume 2, Part F, of the Policy Manual, also provides clarifying guidance for F/M nonimmigrant students concerning online study, school transfers, the grace period, and study abroad.

The Policy Manual update:

This guidance is effective immediately and applies to requests pending or filed on or after the publication date.

 

APPLICATION FINAL ACTION DATES FOR ​ OCTOBER 2024

FAMILY

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

22Oct15

22Oct15

2A

​22Nov2​1

​22Nov2​1

2B

​01May16

01May16

3rd

​​​0​1​​Apr10

0​1​​Apr10

4th

01Mar06

01Aug07

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

 01​Feb22

Current

2nd

 ​15J​ul1​2

​15Mar23

3rd

​​​​01Nov12

​​15Nov22

Other

​​​​​​​01Nov12

01​​Dec20

4th

 01​Jan21

01​Jan21

5th

 ​01Jan22

Current1B

 

 

DATES FOR FILING VISA APPLICATIONS - ​​​OCTOBER 2024

 

FAMILY

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

01​Sep17

01​Sep17

2A

​15Jun24

15Jun24

2B

​​01​Jan17

​​01​Jan17

3rd

​​0​1J​ul11

​​​​0​1J​u​l11

4th

​15Jun06

01​​Mar08

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

01Apr22

Current

2nd

​01J​an13 

​22​Aug23

3rd

​0​8Jun1​3 

01​​Mar23

Other

​0​8Jun1​3 

​​22May21

4th

01​​​​Feb21

01​​​​Feb21

5th

0​1Apr22

Current1B


Visa Bulletin for ​​​​​​​​​October 2024 is available on our website. Please go to http://www.khabar.com/magazine/ immigration/ 

 

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