USCIS memo speaks on deference to be given to prior petitions in employment based extensionsIn an April 23, 2004 field memo, USCIS instructs adjudicators who are reviewing employment based petition extensions to give deference to the eligibility determinations made in

Proposed Rule on REAL ID License and ID Standards72 Fed. Reg. 10820 (March 9, 2007) This DHS proposed rule proposes standards to meet the minimum requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005, including information and security features that must

INS memo on travel in H 1B status with pending I 485.

Visa Waiver Permanent Program ActThis Act made the Visa Waiver program a permanent, rather than a pilot, program. Also set new requirements for country participation in the program. Pub. L. 106 396 (October 30, 2000) 114 Stat. 1637, amending INA

June 18, 2001 Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) field memo reminds INS officers that an application for change of nonimmigrant status is considered abandoned if the beneficiary departs the United States while the application is pending.

March 29, 2002 INS field memo on new restrictions to automatic revalidation of visa benefit.

DHS adds Harvard, Indiana, and Rutgers to list of American Institutions of Research for maintaining continuity of residence for citizenship purposesIn a final rule published on October 28, 2003, DHS added Rutgers University, Indiana University, and Harvard University to the

Final rule effective January 23, 2007, implementing Phase One of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). Requires valid passports of all U.S. citizens and all nonimmigrant aliens with citizenship in Canada, Bermuda, and Mexico, departing from or entering the United States from within the

Final rule effective June 1, 2009 details the documents U.S. citizens and nonimmigrant citizens of Canada, Bermuda, and Mexico are required to present when entering the United States from within the Western Hemisphere at sea and land ports-of-entry.

Matter of Information Industries, Inc.This Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) en banc decision set the standards for showing business necessity to claim that job requirements are not unduly restrictive in labor certification cases.