This Practice Advisory is an update on the FAQs NIPNLG released in October 2023. Following advocacy by NIPNLG with USCIS concerning some unclear language in its Guidance, USCIS updated its instructions on February 12, 2024. This updated Practice...
On January 8, 2024, NIPNLG submitted comments on USCIS's proposal to extend it form I-912, Request for a Fee Waiver, without revisions. NIPNLG called upon USCIS to simplify the 11-page form, make it available in common languages, and make it...
NIPNLG and the Legal Aid Society have submitted a comment on proposed changes to form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence, and accompanying instructions to the form. Not only do the proposed changes increase a lengthy and complex form...
In 2023, USCIS issued revised instructions for asylum applications (Form I-589). The National Immigration Project, along with Kids in Need of Defense and Public Counsel, submitted these suggested revisions to the form instructions and related web...
At the beginning of the Biden administration, the National Immigration Project issued policy priorities for executive action, and has regularly advocated with the administration on these key priorities alongside a broad range of partners. Now, almost...
On March 8, 2023, the National Immigration Project, and several other immigration legal services and advocacy organizations sent a letter to leadership at the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, calling on the agencies to...
On May 4, 2022, USCIS issued a temporary final rule providing for automatic renewal of certain employment authorization documents (EADs) for up to 540 days, as long as the noncitizen timely submitted the renewal application. Previously, USCIS granted...
EndSIJSBacklog Coalition Presents: USCIS's New SIJS Policy on Deferred Action and Work Authorization
This webinar, hosted by the EndSIJSBacklog Coalition is intended for legal practitioners who represent SIJS youth and discusses the key components of the new policy and flag as-yet-unanswered questions.
This practice advisory is intended to assist individuals seeking damages, stays of deportation, and long-term immigration relief based on medical abuse suffered at ICDC. This practice advisory explains how to determine eligibility and file...
This report presents data released by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to provide new data on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from 2018 through 2020 never before available to the public. The tables breakdown TPS recipients by age...