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https://ru.usembassy.gov/message-to-u-s-citizens-u-s-missi/ Effective May 12, U.S. Embassy Moscow will reduce consular services offered to include only emergency U.S. citizen services and a very limited number of age-out and life or death emergency immigrant visas.

Обмеження через пандемю COVID-19 скоротили можливсть призначення взових спвбесд, що створило затримки у спвбесдах аплкантв на взи типу IV (ммграцйн) та NIV (неммграцйн). Ми працюмо над зменшенням ц затримки, забезпечуючи водночас безпеку персоналу, аплкантв, та нацбезпеку. http://ow.ly/pxBy30rDKXb COVID-19 restrictions have reduced visa appointment capacity, which has created a backlog of IV and NIV applicants awaiting interviews. We are working to reduce the backlog while ensuring safety of staff and applicants, and protecting national security. http://ow.ly/pxBy30rDKXb

For citizens of Belarus: news from the US Embassy in Poland: The Embassy is currently able to process immigrant visa cases for the spouses and children of U.S. Citizens (visa classes IR-1, CR-1, IR-2, and CR-2) and spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents (visa class F2A or FX) only. We can only process children of U.S. citizens and LPRs if they are currently under the age of 21. With the exception of certain emergencies, the Embassy is not currently process...ing any other classes of immigrant and diversity visas. The Embassy is able to schedule appointments for some Belarusian applicants (visa classes IR-1, CR-1, IR-2, CR-2 and F2A or FX). According to current Polish regulations every person entering the Schengen Area is required to undergo a 10-day quarantine at their place of stay in Poland. You may request in advance a permission from the Main Sanitary Inspector of Poland (Gówny Inspektor Sanitarny) to be released from the quarantine based on the appointment letter from the Embassy. You should send a request by e-mail to [email protected]. Please attach your appointment letter from the Embassy, and state your name, citizenship, passport number, e-mail address and the reason for entering Poland. Exceptions include spouses, minor children, and prospective minor children of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (green card holders); certain Special Immigrant Visa applicants; applicants who will turn age 21 and thereby lose their eligibility for the visa; and immigrants seeking to enter as healthcare professionals. In general, we expect such exceptions to be rare, but if you believe your circumstances meet any of them, please reach out to us at [email protected]. See more

Новини з Консульського вддлу Посольства США в Укран: Починаючи з 1 квтня, Посольство буде проводити спвбесди на вс категор ммграцйних вз, включаючи взи по лотере Грн карт та взи К-1 (для наречених громадян США). Starting April 1, the Embassy will offer appointments in every immigrant visa category, including K visas and diversity visas. The number of appointments available will be extremely limited until conditions significantly improve, and it will take time to clear the backlog of immigrant visa cases. Even though appointments are now available, it does not mean you will be immediately successful in booking an appointment.

Important information for winners of the DV-2020 lottery: If you are a DV-2020 diversity visa holder and your diversity visa does NOT have an expiration date between February 17 and February 28, 2021, the State Department will treat your visa as if it had been issued on February 24, 2021. Your visa will be valid from this date for the same validity period for which it was originally issued. Please see more information below under FAQ for DV-2020 selectees. If you are a DV-202...0 lottery winner and have not yet been issued a visa, there is a possibility that you may be able to receive one of the 9,095 diversity visas that a federal judge has ordered the State Department to reserve. The reserved 9,095 diversity visas will be issued to DV-2020 lottery winners if the plaintiffs in the Gomez v. Trump case win a final judgment. Based on the schedule the judge has set, the judge will likely decide the case after early April 2021. Please see more information below under FAQ for DV-2020 selectees. See more

"The Department of Labor (DOL) reissued a controversial rule designed to price H-1B visa holders and employment-based immigrants out of the U.S. labor market, setting up new legal battles and a decision by the Biden administration..." http://ow.ly/fod750D7rP3

ATTN I-90 applicants! Starting in January 2021, the USCIS will replace the sticker that is currently issued to lawful permanent residents (LPRs) to extend the validity of their Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card (PRC or Green Card), with a revised Form I-797, Notice of Action. LPRs file Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card, when their Green Cards expire or are about to expire. The revised Form I-797 notice will serve as a receipt notice for the Form I-90. See details below

The U. S. State Department Web site for the 2022 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2022) is now open. The entry submission period for DV-2022 is from 12:00PM EDT (GMT -4) on October 7, 2020 to 12:00PM EST (GMT -5) on November 10, 2020. The entry form will only be available for submission during this period and this period only. Entries will NOT be accepted through the U.S. Postal Service.

Great news and decision! The opinion in the case places essential limits on executive authority. There must be some measure of constraint on Presidential authority in the domestic sphere in order not to render the executive an entirely monarchical power in the immigration context, an area within clear legislative prerogative, according to Judge White. In short, America does not elect a king every four years not even a king of immigration.

USCIS fee increase is on hold! Please call 215-364-1200 to reach us! Our firm would be happy to assist you with filing your applications and petitions based on the current fees.

Updates for asylum seekers:

https://chicago.suntimes.com//chicago-immigration-uscis-fe

https://amp-usatoday-com.cdn.ampproject.org//a/3435946001

New changes!!! "Applicants and petitioners whose applications or petitions are postmarked on or after July 29, 2020, should NOT include the Form I-944 or provide information about the receipt of public benefits on Form I-485, Form I-129, or Form I-539/I-539A."

The Trump administration announced on Friday an exorbitant increase in fees for some of the most common immigration procedures, including an 81% increase in the cost of U.S. citizenship for naturalization. It will also now charge $50 asylum-seekers, which is an unprecedented move. Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com//immigr/article244631817.html

"Without telling Congress, the administration has scaled back the printing of documents it has already promised to immigrants including green cards, the wallet-size I.D.’s legal permanent residents must carry everywhere to prove they are in the United States lawfully."

What to do if you are US Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) and are absent for more than 1 year:

https://www.vice.com//the-trump-administration-just-furlou Approximately 13,400 employees of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services woke to find out they will be furloughed beginning in August, a move that will effectively bring the U.S. immigration system grinding to a halt.

Укранською: Витяги з Прокламац про припинення в’зду для ноземцв, як становлять ризик для ринку прац псля спалаху COVID-19

WASHINGTON yesterday, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a regulatory change to deter aliens from illegally entering the United States and... from filing frivolous, fraudulent, or otherwise non-meritorious claims for asylum to obtain an employment authorization document. This rule does not alter asylum eligibility criteria in any way and will be effective on Aug. 25. This rule stems from the April 29, 2019, Presidential Memorandum on Additional Measures to Enhance Border Security and Restore Integrity to Our Immigration System, which emphasizes that it is the policy of the United States to manage humanitarian immigration programs in a safe and orderly manner, and to promptly deny benefits to those who do not qualify. Safeguarding the integrity of our nation’s legal immigration system from those who seek to exploit or abuse it is key to the USCIS mission, said Joseph Edlow, the USCIS Deputy Director for Policy. The reforms in this rule are designed to restore integrity to the asylum system and to reduce any incentive to file an asylum application for the primary purpose of obtaining work authorization. It also deters frivolous and non-meritorious applications by eliminating employment authorization for aliens who have failed to file for asylum within one year of their last entry until USCIS or an immigration judge determines the alien’s eligibility for asylum. The rule prevents aliens who, absent good cause, illegally entered the United States from obtaining employment authorization based on a pending asylum application. Additionally, the rule defines new bars and denials for employment authorization, such as for certain criminal behavior; extends the wait time before an asylum applicant can apply for employment authorization from 150 days to 365 calendar days; limits the employment authorization validity period to a maximum of two years; and automatically terminates employment authorization when an applicant’s asylum denial is administratively final. For more information read the final rule, scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on June 26.