Update I-485 child lock age rules
The US Immigration Bureau issued a new policy, updated the I-485 policy guide, and adjusted the locking rules for identity applications. From February 14, 2023, the child's age will be locked in Table B to calculate the applicant's CSPA age. If the child's CSPA age is less than 2 1, the applicant is still eligible to adjust his identity with his parents.
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Part of EAD is automatically postponed, and the validity period is restored to 180 days.
The US Immigration Bureau announced that the automatic extension period of EAD cards will be restored to 180 days for eligible applicants who submitted their I-765 renewal applications in time from June 27th, 0, but the previous automatic extension period of 540 days is still valid.
H- 1B proposal of new regulations "one cigarette per person"
The US Immigration Bureau put forward legislative suggestions on improving the reform scheme of H-1B. According to this proposal, the H- 1B lottery will be changed from the original "one registration and one lottery" to "one lottery for one person", that is, every applicant (H- 1B employee) who enters the electronic registration system will only enter the lottery process once, and no matter how many employers assist the applicant to submit the electronic registration, the applicant will only draw the lottery once.
The president of the United States signed the first executive order of artificial intelligence.
US President Biden issued an executive order to ensure that the United States is at the forefront in seizing the opportunities of artificial intelligence (AI) and managing AI risks. Among them, the decrees on visas include: simplifying the processing time of visa applications and ensuring the number of visa reservations; Review and update the skill list of J- 1 exchange visitors, etc.
The minimum investment period of EB-5 is shortened to two years.
The US Immigration Service announced that the investment time required by EB-5 immigrant applicants who submitted Form I-526 or Form I-526E on or after March 15, 2022 will be shortened to two years.
Applicants need to start calculating the investment period of two years after all the investment funds of 800,000 US dollars have entered the EB-5 fund custody account and received the investment confirmation letter. Even after the completion of the two-year investment period, I-526 or I-526E has not been tried out, the project can still be repaid, and the approval of I-526 or I-526E will not be affected.
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I-907 Change of Delivery Address of Express Delivery Application
The US Immigration Bureau announced that the delivery address of the new I- 140 professional immigration application submitted at the same time with I-907 was changed from June 2023165438+1October 03 to a locked mailbox. However, this change does not apply to the pending I- 140 application to submit an I-907 expedited application, or to submit related applications at the same time (such as I-765 work card or I- 13 1 early departure).