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Edakunni et al v. Mayorkas
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January 23, 2023
DHS Reaches Permit, Visa Deal With Foreign Worker Spouses
A class of nonimmigrant spouses who sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over processing delays of their visas and work permits has reached a settlement with the department that their attorney on Monday said brings back a "sense of sanity."
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July 06, 2022
Judge Shuts Down Early Win Bid By DHS In Visa Delay Suit
A Washington federal judge has denied the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's bid for an early win in a case lodged by nonimmigrant spouses who sued the department for delaying visa and work authorization decisions, saying the spouses still had live claims.
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June 30, 2021
Feds, Trailing Spouses Fight Over End To Visa Delay Suit
The government and a cohort of 178 spouses who followed their partners to the U.S. each called on a federal judge to decide whether authorities unreasonably delayed their work permits in a pair of crisscrossing motions for summary judgment this week.
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May 04, 2021
USCIS To Waive Spouse Biometrics Rule For Work Permits
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is planning to suspend a Trump-era rule that required spouses of work-visa holders to submit to biometric screening requirements as part of their work permit applications, according to a tweet posted Tuesday from the immigration law firm Wasden Banias.
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March 23, 2021
DHS Faces Legal Fire Over Stalled Spousal Visa Extensions
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is facing a proposed class action on behalf of the allegedly thousands of H-4 and L-2 spousal visa holders whose visa and work permit extension requests have been unnecessarily delayed.