Oct 05 2017
2017年10月1日起， 移民局将对美国境内所有申请身份转换（I-485）的职业移民，包括EB1/2/3，增加面试环节。移民局新增面试环节已不新鲜。去年年初，在移民局表示打击EB5投资移民欺诈的时候，就提到过EB5的审理中要加入面试环节。宋和孟律师事务所曾撰文讨论，详情请见《移民局新年首场EB5会议[…]
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U.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). […]
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Aug 14 2017
Department 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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Jul 12 2017
Department of State released the August 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 August 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference […]
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May 11 2017
Department of State released the June 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 June 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference […]
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Apr 27 2017
移民美国的途径有哪些？这是一个基础而又经典的问题。只是，美国移民法下，各种签证让人眼花缭乱，动不动就可以出一套书 。 回答起来简直一言难尽。 我们的目标，就是要把复杂问题简单化。宋和孟律师事务所的孟小洁律师，在此归纳了可以用来移民美国的五大资源，网罗美国移民法下的移民途径。 如何移民美国，取决于申请[…]
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Apr 12 2017
Department of State released the May 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 May 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based […]
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Apr 03 2017
Department of State released the April 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 Action Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within U.S. for April 2017. Please visit the USCIS website for more details. Below […]
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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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Nov 11 2015
对于大部分留学美国读本科或硕士，并且顺利获得工作签证的同学而言，通过雇主提交EB2/EB3申请，是获得绿卡的常见方式。当然，这并不限于身在美国的申请人。即使身在海外，也可以由美国雇主提交EB2/EB3申请，通过雇主支持（sponsor)来获得绿卡。至于赴美读博的留学生，如果条件合适，则有可能不需要雇[…]
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