Department of State released the August 2016 visa bulletin. You can access the copy of the visa bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS designated Application Final Action Dates Chart for filing Adjustment of Status applications within U.S. in August 2016. Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference cases this month: […]

USCIS announced on July 8, 2016, that it has returned all fiscal year 2017 H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected in our computer-generated random selection process. USCIS previously announced on May 2, 2016, that it completed data entry of all selected cap-subject petitions. USCIS also announced that all H-1B cap-subject petitions filed between April […]

Department of State released the July 2016 visa bulletin. You can access the copy of the visa bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS designated Application Final Action Dates Chart for filing Adjustment of Status applications within U.S. in July 2016. Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference cases this […]

Department of State released the visa bulletin for June 2016. Below is a copy of the visa bulletin for the employment-based category and a summary of the changes. Application Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Preference Cases Note: USCIS USCIS designated the below chart as applicable dates for I-485 adjustment of status applications within U.S. Employ- […]

USCIS announced that the 15-day processing period for cap-subject H-1B petitions requesting premium processing, including petitions seeking an exemption for individuals with a U.S. master’s degree or higher, will begin on May 12, 2016, regardless of the date on the Form I-797 receipt. If your premium processing H-1B petition was selected by the lottery, you […]