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The October 2024 Visa Bulletin has been released by the U.S. Department of State and shows some encouraging movement forward from last month in many key categories. However, EB-3 China retrogresses and there is some...more
As warned by the U.S. Department of State last month, the September 2024 Visa Bulletin shows major retrogression in EB-3 categories, and no advancement in any listed category....more
The Department of State released the August 2024 Visa Bulletin. USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart. Most Employment-Based Categories hold...more
The October 2023 Visa Bulletin has been released by the U.S. Department of State and shows some encouraging movement forward from last month, with the exception of the filing date for EB-3 worldwide, which will retrogress...more
The Department of State released the July 2023 Visa Bulletin. Most Employment-Based Categories will hold steady with the exception of EB-3 Worldwide, EB-3 India, and Other Workers India: - USCIS will continue to accept...more
By tweet, the Department of Homeland Security announced an extension of the travel restrictions at the Northern and Southern land and sea borders until June 21, 2021. These borders have been closed to “non-essential” travel...more
The Department of State released the January 2021 Visa Bulletin. In a departure from the last three months, USCIS has indicated that employment-based adjustment of status applicants must follow the Final Action Dates chart....more
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released additional guidance expanding the scope of national interest exceptions to the June 24, 2020 Presidential Proclamation (PP 10052) banning the admission of certain J, H and L visa...more
The COVID-19 National Emergency has brought a host of challenges to employers in the United States, including travel, compliance with employment verification processes, and hiring and maintaining immigration status for...more
The current National Emergency is resulting in rapid changes to US immigration law and policy. We are monitoring those changes and will continue to update these FAQs with new developments...more
USCIS Suspends Premium Processing for all Form I-129 and I-140 filings - On March 20, 2020 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that effective immediately, it is temporarily suspending Premium...more
In the March 2020 Visa Bulletin issued by the US Department of State, EB-2 worldwide employment-based classifications, excluding China and India, remain available and current; the Dates for Filing Chart sees no advancement;...more
In the February 2020 Visa Bulletin issued by the US Department of State, EB-2 worldwide employment-based classifications, excluding China and India, remain available and current. This month’s Dates for Filing Chart did not...more
In the January 2020 visa bulletin issued by the US Department of State, EB-2 worldwide employment-based classifications, excluding China and India, remain available and current. EB-1 cutoff dates for all countries, except...more
In the December 2019 Visa Bulletin issued by the US Department of State, EB-2 worldwide employment-based classifications, excluding China and India, remain available and current. EB-1 dates for all countries except India saw...more
In the November 2019 visa bulletin issued by the US Department of State, EB-2 and EB-3 worldwide employment-based classifications, excluding China and India, remain available and current....more
In the October 2019 Visa Bulletin issued by the US Department of State, EB-2 and EB-3 worldwide employment-based classifications, excluding China and India, are once again available and current....more
In the September 2019 Visa Bulletin issued by the US Department of State, all employment-based classifications are again backlogged. The US Department of State has released its September 2019 Visa Bulletin outlining...more
In the August 2019 visa bulletin issued by the US Department of State, all employment-based classifications are backlogged. The US Department of State has released its August 2019 Visa Bulletin outlining per-country...more
EB-1 and EB-2 China show little advance movement, while other dates remain mostly stagnant. The US Department of State has released its July 2019 Visa Bulletin outlining per-country priority date cutoffs that regulate...more
EB-1 India retrogresses by more than two years; EB-2 China advances by slightly over two months. The US Department of State has released its June 2019 Visa Bulletin outlining per-country priority date cutoffs that regulate...more
EB-1 remains backlogged in the May 2019 visa bulletin, while EB-3 India allotment is still slightly ahead of EB-2 India allotment....more
In the April 2019 visa bulletin issued by the US Department of State, EB-1 remains backlogged for all country allotments, advancing by only a maximum of one month....more
In the January 2019 visa bulletin issued by the US Department of State, EB-1 remains backlogged for all country allotments, advancing by only two-and-a-half to three months....more
In the October 2018 visa bulletin issued by the US Department of State, EB-1 remains backlogged for all countries of chargeability, and EB-2 and EB-3 are once again current for worldwide allotment....more