US State Departments, Visa Bulletins, EB-2

June 2024 Visa Bulletin Shows No Advancement in Employment-Based Categories

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/14/2024

The June 2024 Visa Bulletin shows no forward movement in employment-based preference categories, but retrogression could occur soon, according to the U.S. Department of State....more

April 2024 Visa Bulletin Shows Advancement, but State Department Predicts Little to No Further Movement in Coming Months

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/21/2024

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has confirmed it will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart for the April 2024 Visa Bulletin....more

July 2023 Visa Bulletin Shows Further EB-3 Retrogression

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/15/2023

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs’ July 2023 Visa Bulletin continues to demonstrate a trend of backlogs in the employment-based immigrant visa process....more

June 2023 Visa Bulletin Released

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 5/19/2023

The Department of State released the June 2023 Visa Bulletin. Most employment-based categories will hold steady with the exception of EB-5 India and China Other Workers: - USCIS will continue to accept employment-based...more

April 2023 Department of State Visa Bulletin Shows Further Retrogression, Anticipates Further Delays

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/27/2023

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs has released the Visa Bulletin for April 2023. The new Visa Bulletin reflects an ongoing trend of backlogs and slowdowns in the visa process, in stark contrast to the...more

USCIS Confirms It Will Accept Employment-Based I-485 Applications Based on March 2023 Visa Bulletin’s ‘Dates for Filing’ Chart

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/1/2023

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has confirmed that it will accept employment-based I-485, adjustment of status applications, based on the U.S. Department of State’s monthly Visa Bulletin’s “Dates for Filing”...more