U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a final rule adjusting the fees required for most immigration applications and petitions. The new fees will be effective Dec. 23, 2016. Applications and petitions postmarked or filed on or after Dec. 23 must include the new fees or USCIS will not be able to accept them. USCIS is […]
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Nov 23 2016
Department of State released the December 2016 visa bulletin. You can access the entire visa bulletin on its website here. Note: USCIS designated Dates for Filing of Employment-Based Visa Application charts (EB1-EB4) for filing Adjustment of Status applications within U.S. for December 2016. For EB5 category, USCIS determined that Adjustment of Status applicants must use the Final […]
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Nov 18 2016
今天（11月18日）国土安全部正式在政府公告栏Federal Register上发布了让大家盼望已久的推进职业移民工作稳定性的新规定。这是一个尤其针对H1B工作签证持有人和职业移民的利好政策。里面包括了很多有助于职业移民、H1B工签持有人换工作而不影响身份的规定，也澄清了很多实务中的模糊地带。在去年[…]
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Oct 19 2016
Department of State released the November 2016 visa bulletin. You can access the entire visa bulletin on its website here. Note: USCIS designated Dates for Filing Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based Visa Application charts (EB1-EB4) for filing Adjustment of Status applications within U.S. for November 2016. For EB5 category, USCIS determined that Adjustment of Status applicants must use the […]
Read MoreOn Sept. 29, President Obama signed into law H.R. 5325-5325, which, among other things, extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program until Dec. 9, 2016. As a result, USCIS has determined that for the month of October, individuals seeking to file EB-5 adjustment of status applications must use the Final Action Dates chart. Updated: 9/30/2016
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Sep 09 2016
2016年H1B的申请季已经接近尾声，一些申请人焦急地找到宋和孟律师事务所（Song & Meng, PC）咨询上诉的可行性，原因是意外地收到了H1B申请的拒信（Denial Notice）。 孟小洁律师在评估这些不幸被拒的H1B时，发现不少申请人对于上诉的程序以及影响不太了解，也有一些共同[…]
Read MoreU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is proposing a new rule, which would allow certain international entrepreneurs to be considered for parole (temporary permission to be in the United States) so that they may start or scale their businesses here in the United States. The proposed rule would allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
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Sep 09 2016
Department of State released the October 2016 visa bulletin. You can access the entire visa bulletin on its website here. Note: USCIS designated Dates for Filing Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based Visa Application charts (EB1-EB4) for filing Adjustment of Status applications within U.S. for October 2016. For EB5 category, USCIS determined that Adjustment of Status applicants must […]
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Sep 08 2016
美国国务院今天发布了大家期待已久的10月排期。宋和孟律师事务所和大家一样很高兴地看到，国务院没有食言，如之前所说，在8、9月EB1严重倒退后，终于在10月份的排期里，结束了中国大陆和印度的EB1排期，重新变成无排期状态。这应该是新排期中最大的好消息。 EB1恢复正常无排期，EB2/EB3有快进在8、[…]
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Aug 29 2016
Department of State released the September 2016 visa bulletin. You can access the copy of the visa bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS designated Final Action Dates Chart for filing Adjustment of Status applications within U.S. in September 2016. Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference cases this month: Final […]
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