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Current developments that may affect immigration status, deadlines, work authorization, travel, asylum, visas, or case strategy.
A precedential BIA decision says changed country conditions in Venezuela must be considered when evaluating future persecution, while individual risk still matters.
Updated guidance addresses how employers should handle documents when an underlying program status changes.
USCIS adjusted certain filing fees. Filings postmarked after the effective date must use the new amounts or risk rejection.
Immigration explained
Short, evergreen lessons that explain concepts people often confuse.
One lets you ask to enter. The other records how long you may stay.
The card is the proof. The authorization is the underlying permission.
An approved petition is not the same thing as being in status.
The card can expire while the underlying status continues.
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