Month: April 2020

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 National Emergency announced by President Trump on March 13, 2020, USCIS will accept all benefit forms and documents with reproduced original signatures, for submissions dated March 21, 2020, and beyond. USCIS already accepts various petitions, applications and other documents bearing an electronically reproduced …

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Finally, a much needed and welcomed new policy change that will benefit the public. In general, when the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issues a Request for Evidence (RFE), an applicant or petitioner is given 90 days in which to submit a response and for Notices of Intent to Deny (NOID), the response period …

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On March 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of State (USDOS) announced that due to the spread of the coronavirus, USDOS is suspending routine visa processing at all U.S. Embassies and Consulates worldwide until further notice. The notice further stated as of March 20, 2020, embassies and consulates cancel all routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments. …

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