Author: VisaFeliz News Desk

In Matter of L. Ramirez, the Board of Immigration Appeals overruled Matter of Sanchez Sosa and held that a pending U visa petition no longer creates a presumption in favor of a continuance.

DHS and DOJ finalized a 2025 rule that speeds up civil fines for people who do not leave after a removal or voluntary departure order, or who are caught entering unlawfully.

A DHS final rule published October 14, 2026 permanently keeps the end of automatic extensions for many work permits while renewals are pending. TPS-related extensions are not affected.

A DHS interim final rule effective October 14, 2026 cuts the time refugees have to respond to a Notice of Intent to Terminate their refugee status from 30 days to 10 days.

USCIS opened an asylum office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Starting October 13, 2026, asylum applicants living in North or South Carolina fall under the new office.

In Matter of M-R-I-, the BIA held that returning on advance parole to the country of claimed persecution abandons asylum, withholding and CAT claims absent compelling reasons.

USCIS announced inflation increases to several fees created by H.R. 1, including asylum, parole and TPS fees, for requests postmarked on or after October 16, 2026.

The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether people who entered without admission and were later arrested inside the U.S. must be detained without a bond hearing.

The first Visa Bulletin of fiscal year 2027 advances several family-based dates for Mexico, the Philippines and India, while some employment categories retrogress.

The Supreme Court stayed a judgment that blocked DHS’s third-country removal policy and set the case, DHS v. D.V.D., for argument on December 9, 2026.