USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests

 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is extending certain flexibilities through July 25, 2022, to assist applicants, petitioners, and requestors. We anticipate this may be the final extension of these flexibilities. USCIS will consider a response received within 60 calendar days after the due date set forth in the following requests or notices before taking any action, if the issuance date listed on the request or notice is between March 1, 2020, and July 25, 2022, inclusive:

• Requests for Evidence;
• Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14);
• Notices of Intent to Deny;
• Notices of Intent to Revoke;
• Notices of Intent to Rescind;
• Notices of Intent to Terminate regional centers; and
• Motions to Reopen an N-400 Pursuant to 8 CFR 335.5, Receipt of Derogatory Information After Grant. Read more at: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-extends-flexibility-for-responding-to-agency-requests-1

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USCIS Announces New Actions to Reduce Backlogs, Expand Premium Processing, and Provide Relief to Work Permit Holders

 WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is announcing a trio of efforts to increase efficiency and reduce burdens to the overall legal immigration system. USCIS will set new agency-wide backlog reduction goals, expand premium processing to additional form types, and work to improve timely access to employment authorization documents. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resource constraints resulting from the prior administration, USCIS inherited a significant number of pending cases and increased processing times. Through today’s actions by the Biden administration, USCIS is acting to reduce these caseloads and processing times, while also ensuring that fair and efficient services are available to applicants and petitioners.

“USCIS remains committed to delivering timely and fair decisions to all we serve,” said USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou. “Every application we adjudicate represents the hopes and dreams of immigrants and their families, as well as their critical immediate needs such as financial stability and humanitarian protection.” Read more at: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/uscis-announces-new-actions-to-reduce-backlogs-expand-premium-processing-and-provide-relief-to-work

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From Ukraine to Las Vegas, a young woman shares her arduous journey

 LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - From Ukraine to Las Vegas, refugees are making their way to the valley, but the journey here was not only difficult for one young woman, but traumatic.

Las Vegas immigration lawyer, Darren Heyman, said he’s beyond exhausted. For the past several weeks he worked to get his mother-in-law and sister-in-law to the U.S. from Ukraine. His mother-in-law had a visa and was able to arrive to the valley smoothly. His sister-in-law, Viktoriia Olishevska, on the other hand was without a green card or visa which made her trek complicated.

Heyman went online and saw that a Mexican visa was a possibility for her. Read more at: https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/03/24/ukraine-las-vegas-young-woman-shares-her-arduous-journey/

Contact Darren Heyman, immigration attorney, for more information.