The Rogers Firm, P.C.

Immigration firm: family and employment-based immigration, inadmissibility waivers, permanent residency, naturalization, travel documents, & USCIS denials.

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

On 23 Aug. 2024, plaintiffs filed suit in Texas v. DHS, No. 6:24-cv-00306 (E.D. Texas)) challenging the #KeepingFamiliesTogether program. Hopefully, the court will not issue an injunction stopping @USCIS from adjudicating applications. #Immigration #Parole

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

For practitioners handling special immigrant juvenile cases, @USCIS updated its manual regarding SIJ applicants filing I-360 Petitions in-person at field offices before reaching age 21. #Immigration #I360Petition https://t.co/Tsjkz85e6b

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

@DHSgov extended temporary protected status for Ethiopians. Beneficiaries may register for an extension through 12 December 2025. Ethiopians may file initial applications if they lived in the U.S. on or before 11 April 2024. #Immigration #TPS

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

Happy New Year! 🎉 As a reminder to applicants requesting immigration benefits, @USCIS will increase the premium processing fees beginning 26 February 2024. #uscis #PremiumProcessing #I907Form #Immigration https://t.co/VLoKfHAXmx

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

@StateDept announced that H-1B beneficiaries may apply for visa renewal while in the USA 🇺🇸 beginning 29 January 2024. #Immigration #Visa #H1B https://t.co/jOo7dDuW46

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

As a reminder, @uscis extended fee exemptions and faster processing for #Afghans until 30 September 2023. #Immigration #PermanentResidency #I130Petition #I765 #EADCard #EmploymentAuthorization
https://t.co/aWWedMsHSh

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

@AILA urges voters to contact the senate to support the Afghan Adjustment Act (FY 2023 Spending Bill). Here is the weblink: https://t.co/FVVq8miKQG The Afghan Adjustment Act will ease residency for paroled #Afghans.
#Immigration #AfghanAdjustmentAct

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

@DHSgov extended temporary protection status for #Haitians. TPS will extend from 4 Feb. 2023 until 3 Aug. 2024. The extension will make Haitians, who resided in the U.S. since 6 Nov. 2022, eligible for temporary protected status.
#Immigration #TemporaryProtectedStatus #TPS

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

For #Afghans paroled into the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome (OAW), @USCIS will issue new I-797C Forms for work authorization. The I-797C Forms will extend work authorization to match the I-94 parole period. #Immigration #OAW #OperationAlliesWelcome #EAD

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

@USCIS expanded citizenship eligibility for permanent residents who served in the military. Effective 2 August 2022, #USCIS will consider an uncharacterized discharge as separation under honorable conditions.#Immigration #Naturalization #Citizenship #N400

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

@DHSgov extended Syria's designation for temporary protected status purposes. For #Syrian nationals, the TPS re-designation applies from 1 October 2022 through 31 March 2024. #Immigration #TemporaryProtectedStatus #TPS https://t.co/9QoNJGZuxX

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

In July 2022, @RepZoeLofgren sponsored H.R. 8433, which will change INA 249(a)'s date restriction from 1 January 1972 to persons who "'entered the" U.S. "at least 7 years before the application date.'" #Immigration #greencard https://t.co/GxnjJkGk9W

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

@amix63 @AILANational @amix63, if the Inflation Reduction Act authorizes green card recapture, #USCIS and the #StateDepartment will probably issue public statements in the future.

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

This firm joins @AILANational in calling on the Senate to consider the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 based on its original goals and without any anti-immigrant amendments. READ the full @AILANational statement here: https://t.co/pcK3RslPhx #Immigration

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

@DHSgov issued an alert impacting Afghan SIV applicants. Effective 20 July 2022, #Afghan SIV applicants should file a DS-157 with the application for chief of mission approval. #Immigration #specialimmigrantvisa #EB4 https://t.co/wlsykZTGY7

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

@DHSgov published a fact sheet explaining the Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program and the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program. #Immigration #Parole #HaitianFamilyReunificationParole #CubanFamilyReunificationParole
https://t.co/PHWU4vqxgR

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

On 11 July 2022, @DHSgov announced that it will extend #Venezuelan temporary protected status ("TPS") for an additional 18 months (from 10 September 2022 through 10 March 2024). #Immigration #TemporaryProtectedStatus #TPS
https://t.co/Jy8LiTllX4

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

@USCIS published a policy alert impacting children applying for special immigrant juvenile ("SIJ") status and adjustment. This change affects SIJ I-360 and I-485 Forms pending on or after 7 April 2022. #Immigration #SIJ #I360Petition #PermanentResidency

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

@sathisp @USCIS @sathisp, you are very welcome. Congrats as to the I-140 approval!!! 👍 Next step: priority date becoming current followed by I-485 or consular processing. Take care and hang in there.

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

For I-140 petitioners, @USCIS started and will begin accepting premium processing requests (I-907 Form) for multinational executive, manager, and national interest waiver petitions. #Immigration #I140 #I140Petition #NationalInterestWaiver #PermanentResidency

[The Rogers Firm, P.C. @FirmRogers]

For diversity visa applicants, @StateDept withdrew an amended rule regarding passport information provided by diversity visa applicants during the electronic application stage. See 87 Fed. Reg. 35414-35415 (June 10, 2022). #Immigration #DiversityVisa