GT’s immigration litigation team recently secured a record mandamus victory in federal court for a delayed I-829 case pending for over four years. Despite numerous requests to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the USCIS Ombudsman’s office to provide a substantive case status update on the matter, it took the filing of a
On Jan. 23, 2023, USCIS announced it will issue new Form I-797 receipt notices to newly filed I-829 petitions and eligible conditional permanent residents (CPRs) whose Form I-829 was still pending as of Jan. 11, 2023. The new receipt notices would extend the status of a conditional permanent resident investor and his or her dependents
On Thursday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. EST, please join Kate Kalmykov and Jennifer Hermansky, shareholders in GT’s Immigration & Compliance Practice, as they present a webinar titled “New Issues in I-829 Adjudications: A Reexamination of Source of Funds Issues Post I-526 Approval.”
This webinar will cover the following topics:
On Sept. 3, 2021, USCIS announced that it will issue new Form I-797 receipt notices to eligible conditional permanent residents whose Form I-829 was still pending as of Sept. 4, 2021. The new receipt notices would extend the status of a conditional permanent resident investor and his or her dependents for an additional 24 months
On Sept. 3, 2021, USCIS announced that Petitioners who file a Form I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence or a Form I-829 Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status will receive a Form I-797 receipt notice that can be presented with their Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card, as evidence of continued
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reported significant delays for processing receipt notices due to a significant increase in filings at USCIS lockbox facilities, as well as facility capacity restrictions due to COVID-19. In particular, USCIS now confirms the following lockbox backlogs: