Effective April 11, certain foreign nationals residing in the United States will be required to register themselves and undergo fingerprinting through an online US Citizenship and Immigration Services system. This new...more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in April 2025. The Final Action Dates chart reflects advancement in several...more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in March 2025. The Final Action Dates chart reflects slight advancement across...more
Each January, US Citizenship and Immigration Services releases dates for the H-1B cap registration processes, with registration typically opening in early March. While awaiting USCIS’s announcement detailing this year’s...more
In two consecutive weeks, the US Department of Homeland Security issued final rules that will impact the H-1B specialty occupation worker program and employment authorization documents. These rules will take effect just...more
1/3/2025
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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Dates for Filing for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in January 2025. The Dates for Filing chart reflects no advancement....more
12/18/2024
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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Dates for Filing for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in December 2024. The Dates for Filing chart reflects no advancement....more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Dates for Filing for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in November 2024. The Dates for Filing chart reflects no advancement....more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Dates for Filing for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in October 2024. The new fiscal year beginning October 1, 2024 will bring modest...more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in September 2024. The Final Action Dates chart reflects significant EB-3...more
8/27/2024
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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in August 2024. The Final Action Dates chart reflects one-month advancements in...more
7/22/2024
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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in July 2024. The Final Action Dates chart reflects significant retrogression in...more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in June 2024. The Final Action Dates chart reflects minimal advancement, and the...more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in May 2024. The Final Action Dates chart reflects no advancement....more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in April 2024, reflecting modest advancement in several categories....more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates chart in March 2024 for employment-based filings for adjustment of status. The utilization of the Final Action Dates chart will delay the...more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Dates for Filing Chart in February 2024, reflecting no movement. The Final Action Chart reflects minimal advancement....more
Employers should begin evaluating their H-1B needs for fiscal year (FY) 2025. Each January, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) releases dates for the H-1B cap registration processes, with registration generally...more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Dates for Filing chart in January 2024. After two months of little to no movement in the visa bulletin, the second quarter of the fiscal year brings significant...more
As part of our Spotlight series, we invited Shannon Donnelly, a partner in our Washington, DC office who works with clients on a wide range of complex global immigration and mobility issues, to discuss the proposed H1B...more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Dates for Filing Chart in December 2023. The US Department of State Visa Bulletin for December 2023 reflects no advancement in priority date cutoff dates in the...more
11/17/2023
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) with respect to the regulations governing the H-1B nonimmigrant visa classification. The proposed rule seeks to improve the...more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Dates for Filing Chart in November 2023. The US Department of State Visa Bulletin for November 2023 reflects no advancement in priority date cutoff dates in the...more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Dates for Filing Chart in October 2023. The US Department of State Visa Bulletin for October 2023 reflects advancement for several visa classifications....more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in September 2023. The EB-2 final action cutoff date for Mexico, the...more
8/22/2023
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