Category: News

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is an agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). USCIS oversees lawful immigration to the United States by handling all immigration and naturalization forms. On an average day, USCIS: Adjudicates more than 28,000 requests for various immigration benefits. Processes 3,100 applications to sponsor relatives and future spouses. Analyzes […]

Planning your next trip to Canada? The Canadian government announced that it will be terminating all COVID-19 measures at the border effective Saturday, October 1, 2022. In a news release, the government said the removal of border measures comes amid high vaccination rates and lower hospitalization and death rates in Canada.  This means that all […]

Huge news for those traveling to Canada: Border vaccine rules, mandatory use of ArriveCAN, and mask mandates on planes and trains to end on October 1st. If you have any questions, contact Berardi Immigration Law today. We would love to hear from you.

Since June 1, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has phased in an expansion of premium processing services. This expansion is part of USCIS’s efforts to increase efficiency and reduce burdens to the overall legal immigration system. The third phase of this expansion began September 15, 2022. In this phase USCIS will accept Form […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is celebrating Constitution Day and Citizenship Day this year by welcoming more than 19,000 new citizens in more than 235 naturalization ceremonies across the nation between September 17 and September 23.  The nation observes Constitution Day on September 17 to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September […]

Zach shares various early September 2022 USCIS policy updates in the video below. Be sure to subscribe to Berardi Immigration Law’s social media channels to stay up to date on all of the latest immigration related news! If you have any questions, contact Berardi Immigration Law today. We would love to hear from you.

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a final rule that will preserve and fortify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. DACA allows certain eligible noncitizens who arrived in the United States as children, specifically those who arrived prior to turning 16, to defer their removal and apply for a renewable, two-year work […]

Will foreign students still get to stay in Canada post-graduation? Our Canadian immigration lawyer is here with some answers. If you have any questions, contact Berardi Immigration Law today. We would love to hear from you.

USCIS recently announced that it is extending its COVID-19 related flexibilities through October 23, 2022. These flexibilities are designed to ease the burden on the U.S. immigration system and assist applicants, petitioners, and requestors, and USCIS immigration agents. These flexibilities allow USCIS to consider a response received within 60 calendar days after the due date […]

The U.S. immigration system is broken. It’s been broken since I graduated law school 25 years ago. Watch Episode 3 of Berardi’s “How Can We Fix US Immigration?” series below. If you have any questions, contact Berardi Immigration Law today. We would love to hear from you.