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How do I determine if my employee’s expiring EAD has been automatically extended? To determine if your employee’s expiring EAD has been automatically extended, you should:
Look at the “Category” section on the expiring (or expired) EAD. If either A12 or C19 is shown, the employee is a TPS beneficiary.
Look at the expiration date on the EAD.
Liberian nationals covered under Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) have had their employment authorization documents, which expire Sept. 30, 2014, automatically extended to be valid through March 30, 2015. For detailed information, please see the Federal Register notice.
National Pass Rate
As of July 2018, the national pass rate for the naturalization test is 91%.
Did you know USCIS Verification Division routinely meets with The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Verification and Documentation Liaison Committee and we post the meeting agenda to the USCIS Outreach website?
The Secretary of Homeland Security has designated Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for a period of 18 months, effective Nov. 21, 2014 through May 21, 2016. Eligible nationals from these countries (and noncitizens having no nationality who last habitually resided in any of these countries) must demonstrate that they satisfy all eligibility criteria, including that they have been “continuously residing” since Nov. 20, 2014 and “continuously physically present” in the United States since Nov. 21, 2014. The 180-day TPS registration period begins Nov.
The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended and redesignated the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Syria for 18 months from April 1, 2015 through Sept. 30, 2016. The extension allows current TPS beneficiaries of Syria to re-register for TPS. DHS has also automatically extended the validity of Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) issued under the TPS designation of Syria for six months, through Sept. 30, 2015.
USCIS will resume premium processing on Monday, Jan. 28, for all fiscal year (FY) 2019 H-1B cap petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption (the “master’s cap”).
USCIS and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State (DOS), have announced the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B visa programs in 2019.
On January 8, 2019, agents assigned to the Joint Task Force - West, South Texas Corridor’s McAllen Joint Targeting Team (JTT) in coordination with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Hidalgo County Precinct 2 Constables Office, arrested Edsgardo Coss-Vallejo on suspicion of marriage fraud and currency smuggling.