Tuesday, September 29th, 2020, in Immigrant Legal Resource Center v. Wolf, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California stayed in its entirety the implementation of the new USCIS fee rule that was to take effect Friday, October 2, 2020. This means that for the time being, USCIS cannot implement new fees or the accompanying […]
On Friday, September 25, 2020, The United States Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) announced that it will permanently implement the electronic issuance of PERM labor certifications (“E-cert PERMs”). In March 2020, the DOL started temporarily issuing E-cert PERMs via e-mail as opposed to U.S. mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DOL initially implemented the E-cert PERMs through June […]
On Thursday, September 24th, 2020, the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) released the October Visa Bulletin. The Filing Chart for Employment-Based Cases show dramatic jumps forward, especially for Indian nationals in the EB-3 category. Later in the day, USCIS announced that it will honor the filing chart as follows:
