Tag: USCIS
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USCIS Reduces Work Permit Validity to 18 Months, Increasing Concerns for Green Card Applicants and Employers
The Trump administration has moved to sharply curtail the validity of work permits issued to refugees, asylees and several categories of immigrants—including those awaiting green cards—marking another major tightening of the country’s immigration system.The new policy, announced recently by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), reduces Employment Authorization Document (EAD) validity from the current…
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USCIS Unveils Revettation Process for Nationals from 19 Countries Amidst Concerns of Radicalization
As the Donald Trump administration has stopped all immigration requests from 19 countries of concern and the US Citizenship and Immigration Services will have to re-vet all those who have been granted entry to the US, USCIS diretor Joseph Edlow said that it is not possible to 100% stop radicalization after someone enters the country.…
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USCIS Shortens Work Permit Duration for Green Card Applicants to 18 Months
A week after two National Guard members were shot by an Afghan national near the White House, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had updated its Policy Manual to slash the validity of work permits issued to many Green Card applicants and other protected immigrants from five years to just 18…