On February 13th, the American Immigration Council (AIC) hosted a webinar titled “The Other Walls for Immigrants: Understanding the United States’ Overreliance on Immigration Detention.” The online panel featured members of AIC sharing their research on immigration detention in the U.S. Tory Johnson, the Research Projects Manager at AIC, began the panel by presenting her findings…
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On January 31st, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shared a series of webpages for prospective and current F-1 and M-1 international students. The series includes advice for students wanting to maintain status, including how to work in the U.S. and qualify for vacations. Most notably, ICE offers clear direction for students who have completed their…
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On March 11, 2019, the U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will implement a new I-539 Application to Change or Extend Non-Immigrant status. Starting the same day, only this edition of the I-539 form will be accepted by DHS. Be careful when filing an I-539 that will be received by DHS on or after March 11,…
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On January 24th, 2019, the USCIS Chicago Asylum Office shared statistics about their processing times of asylum applicants from October 1, 2018 through December 31st, 2018 in a joint meeting with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). During this time, 1,197 asylum cases were adjudicated and 116 were un-adjudicated, while over 22,000 applications remain pending.…
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Beginning August 9, 2018, international students and some other nonimmigrants (J, M) will start the countdown towards the 3-year and 10-year bar towards re-admission to the U.S. Prior to August 9, 2018, certain nonimmigrants who were admitted to the United States for a period of “Duration of Status” (D/S) did not have to worry about…
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