The US Immigration and Citizenship Services (USCIS) has issued new policy updates to clarify the criteria and circumstances for issuance of requests for evidence (RFEs) and notices of intent to deny (NOIDs), employment authorization documents (EADs) for adjustment of status applicants, and expedite criteria for immigration benefit applications.
Under these policy changes, USCIS considers Expedited processing as a special situation service or benefit for requestors who urgently need their request for immigration benefits adjudicated. USCIS reinstates the 2013 policy and has rescinded the 2018 policy that allowed officers to deny benefit requests outright for lack of initial evidence. As per the 2013 policy, the officers are instructed to issue RFEs or NOIDs for cases filed with initially insufficient evidence, where additional evidence would establish eligibility for the immigration benefit. The updated policy also permits Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for most adjustment of status applicants to be issued for a maximum of two years, an increase from the standard one year of validity.
Please contact us directly if you have any questions relating to Travel restrictions or if you need help sponsoring workers for H1B visas for the fiscal year 2023.
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Luke Bowman
The Law offices of Luke Bowman