As previously announced, on June 26 the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional, permitting bi-national, same-sex married couples to petition for the same immigration benefits offered to heterosexual couples. These...

A nonimmigrant who has previously presented a visa for admission to the United States may sometimes be readmitted in the same nonimmigrant classification as shown on an expired visa or in a different nonimmigrant classification than shown on an expired or valid visa...

In mid-July, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that she would be leaving DHS to become president of the University of California, and expected to leave her post in September. A former governor of Arizona, Napolitano is only the...

In March 2013, USCIS implemented a new program that permits certain immediate relatives of U.S. citizens (spouses, parents of adult U.S. citizens, and minor children) who are physically present in the United States to request a provisional unlawful presence waiver...

USCIS has announced that E-Verify will allow direct notification to employees if there is a record mismatch that needs to be resolved before the employee can be confirmed as work authorized.  Until now, only the employer was issued a “Tentative Nonconfirmation” (TNC)....