US Immigration
Department of State is waiving in-person interview, through a Temporary Final rule effective immediately from December 13th 2021 for certain immigrant Visa applicants, to reduce the massive visa backlog in Embassies and Consulates abroad.
Department of Homeland Security is requesting Public Input on Minimizing the Separation of Migrant Families.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Cancelled Policy, Requiring Interviews of All Petitioners Filing Form I-730, so no interview is needed for these applicants.
Department of Homeland Security suspends employment authorization requirements for some F-1 students.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Temporarily Waive Civil Surgeon Signature Requirement on Form I-693.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services expands premium processing for certain Dependent Family members, Initial Visa’s and Visa Extension, E.A.D and certain GreenCard Applications.
some of these rule is classified as a “Final Rule”, which means a full notice-and-comment period is not expected. once O.M.B, Office of Management and Budget clears the rule, it will be published in the Federal Register and become effective according to the terms of the rule.
USCIS have issued a bunch of policy changes for US visas and Green cards to reduce backlog and faster adjudication, such policy changes include, Biometrics cancellation for 24 months, conducting interviews over phone and even Interview waivers for certain applications. These policy changes may also Reduce rejections due to deference and elimination of prior policy. They are even reusing old biometrics for faster adjudication and simplified the process to reschedule biometric appointments.
Rescheduling Biometric Services Appointments by Phone.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that applicants may now call the U.S.C.I.S Contact Center in the following telephone number, (800-375-5283) to reschedule their biometric services appointments scheduled at a U.S.C.I.S Application Support Center.
Expansion of Interview Waiver Eligibility is also applied at the US consulates abroad. Department of Homeland Security, has temporarily expanded the ability of consular officers to waive the in-person interview requirement, for individuals applying for a nonimmigrant visa in the same classification.
USCIS has reverted back to the rejection criteria that existed before October 2019. U.S.C.I.S will no longer reject Form I-589, Form I-612 or Form I-918 if an applicant leaves a blank space. In the past, many applications are rejected citing this blank space policy.
This video covers Visa’s and their priority order in detail (starting from IR category, ending with Tourist B1 & B2 visa).
IR-1, CR-1, IR-2, IR-3, K1, SE1, H1B, L1, TN, H2, F, M, J, E1, E2, B1, B2 Visa appointments.
You can also have a quick look at individual country wise embassy visa processing status worldwide
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This Video also applies to Visa Priority dates to be followed in US consulates in following countries for Visa interview.
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