- Hi everyone.
In today's video I have updates for you
regarding visa interviews
that are being waived.
I have an update for you regarding
the lawsuit that was filed
against the Trump administration
to stop enforcement of their
immigration executive orders.
And I also have an update
for you regarding EAD cards
and new rules regarding Employment
Authorization Documents.
So make sure to stick
around for this video.
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Hi everybody.
So as I mentioned, in this video
I have three major immigration
updates to share with you.
I have an update regarding
certain visa interviews
that are actually being waived.
I have an update for you
regarding the lawsuit
that was filed against
the Trump administration
to stop enforcement of those
immigration executive orders
that are suspending certain
types of immigration.
And I also have an
update to share with you
regarding EAD cards,
and new rules regarding Employment
Authorization Documents.
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Now let's get started.
Let's start off by talking about
some of these visa interviews
that are eligible for a waiver.
Well as you know, since the
start of the COVID-19 pandemic,
we've been seeing major
changes to immigration.
One of the latest developments
is that the Department of State
has actually released an announcement
extending the types of visa interviews
that are eligible for waivers.
Check this out.
Okay, so everybody
check out my screen here
where it says, Expansion of
Interview Waiver Eligibility.
As you can see, this was
just posted on August 25th,
just a few days ago.
And it says, "Secretary Pompeo,
in consultation with the
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.
Previously, only those applicants
whose nonimmigrant visa
expired within 12 months
were eligible for an interview waiver.
The Secretary has temporarily extended
the expiration period to 24 months.
This policy is effective
until December 31st, 2020."
I know I went through that pretty quickly.
So now let's take a moment
to explain what this means.
Basically, the Department of State
is waiving the requirement
for certain people to
attend visa interviews.
So that they can get their visa approved
without attending an interview.
Now, this is only available
for certain nonimmigrant visas,
and these visa waivers are
only available for people
that have held this visa
within the last 24 months.
So essentially, these visa waivers
are for people that are
applying for a renewal
of a visa that they've previously held.
Now a couple of important
points that I wanna mention
about this new policy,
one, is that the Department
of State is doing this
to reduce the transmission of COVID-19.
And two, the other important
point that I wanna mention
is that this is likely
not going to be available
for the K-1 fiancé visa.
The K-1 fiancé visa has been
the topic of much discussion,
especially since this
"90 Day Fiancé" show.
But even though the K-1
fiancé is a nonimmigrant visa,
it's likely not going to be
eligible for these visa waivers
because as we discussed,
these visa waivers are for
people that are renewing a visa
that they've previously held.
Okay everybody,
so now I wanna talk about
the second major update
that I wanna share with
you regarding immigration.
And this update has to do with
Employment Authorization
Documents or EAD cards.
Well, as I previously talked about,
due to the COVID-19 pandemic
and the USCIS budget crisis,
USCIS has been taking very
long to print actual EAD cards.
Now, the way the EAD process
works is that you first apply
for an Employment Authorization Document,
USCIS then reviews your application
and will issue you an Approval Notice.
After the Approval Notice is issued,
they will then print the actual EAD card.
Now over the last few months,
we've been seeing major delays
with people actually getting
their physical EAD card
after their application for
employment authorization
has been approved,
and they've received
their Approval Notice.
Now why is this a big deal?
Well historically, someone
is authorized to work
once they have their physical EAD card.
Historically, the Approval
Notice was not sufficient
to determine employment
authorization until now.
In response to these delays
for producing EAD cards,
USCIS has now officially
updated their policies
so that employees may now
use their EAD Approval Notice
as proof of their
employment authorization.
Check out this notice.
So over here it says,
"Due to the extraordinary
and unprecedented COVID-19
public health emergency,
the production of certain
Employment Authorization Documents,
Form I-766, EAD, is delayed.
As a result, employees may use
Form I-797, Notice of Action,
this is the Approval Notice,
with a Notice date on or
after December 1st, 2019
through and including August 20th, 2020,
informing an applicant of approval
of an Application for Employment
Authorization, Form I-765,
as a Form I-9, Employment
Eligibility Verification."
So lemme explain what this means.
Basically, if you had your Form I-765,
EAD Application approved,
and the Approval Notice is dated
between December 1st, 2019,
through August 20th, 2020,
then you can actually
use your Approval Notice
as proof of your employment eligibility,
your employment authorization.
You do not need to wait
for the actual EAD card
to come in the mail.
Now this is big news because
many people have been waiting
and waiting for their
EAD cards to be produced,
and it's been taking a really long time.
So the fact that you can
now use your Approval Notice
as evidence of your
employment eligibility,
this is a major benefit for many people.
Another update that I wanna share with you
regarding the EAD is that USCIS
has updated the Form I-765
as of August 25th, 2020.
So if you're planning on applying
for employment authorization
by filing the Form I-765,
make sure that you file
using the updated form.
If you file your application
using an outdated form,
USCIS will reject the application.
And the worst part is, that
due to the USCIS delays,
the rejection can take weeks
and weeks and weeks to come.
So meanwhile, you will
have filed your application
thinking that everything was done properly
just to find out that it's been rejected.
So again, make sure that you file
using the new updated EAD form.
Okay, this brings me to my last update
that I wanna share with you today,
and it's regarding a lawsuit
that was filed against
the Trump administration
to stop enforcement of
the executive orders
that were filed back in April and June.
As many of you know,
President Trump signed
two executive orders
back in April and June,
which limit immigration.
In April, President Trump
signed an executive order
suspending the issuance of
certain immigrant visas.
In June, President Trump
signed another executive order
that suspends the issuance of
certain nonimmigrant visas.
Well, when those executive
orders were signed,
a lawsuit was filed to stop enforcement
of those executive orders.
On August 27th, just a few days ago,
there was a hearing where
the plaintiffs requested
a preliminary injunction and
a temporary restraining order
against enforcement of
these executive orders.
Basically what this means
is that the plaintiffs filed a motion
to temporarily stop enforcement
of these executive orders.
Well, the judge has not
yet ruled on these motions.
We're expecting an update any day now.
Hopefully an update will
come at some point this week,
and at that time we'll provide
you with additional details.
Okay, so in this video we talked
about three major updates.
One is that certain people are eligible
to have their visa interview waived.
Again, in order to qualify for this,
certain conditions have to be met.
The visa that they're applying for
must be a nonimmigrant visa,
and they must have previously
held that visa in the past.
The next update that we
discussed is regarding EAD cards.
Again, due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
and due to the USCIS budget emergency,
EAD cards have been taking
a very long time to print,
and so USCIS has changed
policies that now allow people
to use their EAD Approval Notice
as evidence of their
employment authorization.
Again, this is very
beneficial to many people
that are waiting for their
EAD cards to come in the mail.
And also, USCIS has recently
changed the Form I-765,
Application for Employment Authorization.
So again, if you're planning on applying
for employment authorization,
make sure that you're
using the updated forms.
And lastly, we talked about the lawsuit
that was filed against
the Trump administration
to stop enforcement of
the executive orders
that were filed back in April and June.
The judge has not yet ruled
on the motion for a
preliminary injunction,
and we're hopeful that we will hear more
at some point this week.
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