Department of State released the February 2018 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within the U.S. for February 2018. Below are some key changes for the employment-based […]
Read MoreDepartment of State released the January 2018 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within the U.S. for January 2018. Below are some key changes for the employment-based […]
Read MoreU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 14th, 2017 that it is taking steps to implement the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER), in accordance with a recent court decision. Although the IER was published during the previous administration with an effective date of July 17, 2017, it did not take effect because the Department of Homeland […]
Read MoreDepartment of State released the December 2017 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within the U.S. for December 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based […]
Read MoreU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed premium processing on October 3rd, 2017, for all H-1B visa extension of stay petitions. Premium processing is now available for all types of H-1B petitions. H-1B visas provide skilled workers for a wide range of specialty occupations, including information technology, engineering, and mathematics. When a petitioner requests the […]
Read MoreDepartment of State released the November 2017 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within the U.S. for November 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based […]
Read MoreU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on August 28th, 2017, that it will begin expanding in-person interviews for certain permanent residency applicants on October 1st, 2017. USCIS began to phase-in interviews for the following permanent residency applications: Adjustment of status applications based on employment (Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status). […]
Read MoreU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed premium processing for all H-1B visa petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 cap starting September 18th, 2017. Premium processing has also resumed for the annual 20,000 additional petitions that are set aside to hire workers with a U.S. master’s degree or higher educational degree. When USCIS […]
Read MoreDepartment of State released the October 2017 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within the U.S. for October 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based […]
Read MoreDepartment of State released the September 2017 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within U.S. for September 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference […]
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