USCIS TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF NTA (NOTICES TO APPEAR) POLICY MEMORANDUM ON OCTOBER 1, 2018

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The USCIS intends to take an “Incremental Approach” when Implementing the NTA Policy Memorandum On June 28, 2018, the USCIS released a Policy Memorandum called “Updated Guidance for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and Deportable Aliens.” An NTA is a document that orders a foreign […]

F-1 “CAP-GAP” STATUS AND WORK AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION NO LONGER VALID FOR FY2019 CAP

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As of October 1, 2018, F-1 “Cap-Gap” Work Authorization Ends for F-1 Students who have H-1B Petitions Still Pending in the FY2019 Cap According to USCIS regulations, “an F-1 student who is the beneficiary of a timely filed H-1B cap-subject petition requesting a change of status to H-1B on [October 1, 2018],” is eligible through the “cap-gap” […]