If you are a foreign national planning to travel internationally this summer, make sure that you have all the necessary documents, including a passport with sufficient remaining validity, a valid U.S. visa in the appropriate classification, and advance permission to…
In June, EB-5 India will retrogress by more than one year to April 1, 2017. EB-1 and EB-2 cutoff dates for all countries will remain the same in June. EB-3 cutoff dates for all countries and categories will remain the…
Starting at noon ET on May 6, 2023, lottery entrants must check the State Department’s official Diversity Visa Lottery website to learn whether they have been chosen to apply for a diversity visa. Entrants may experience delays accessing the official website due…
Next month, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from foreign nationals with a priority date that is earlier than the Final Action Dates listed in the State Department’s May 2023 Visa Bulletin. Employment-Based Priority Date Cutoffs for May…
USCIS has revised its Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) policy so that fewer child adjustment of status applicants risk “aging out” of the ability to obtain a green card due to reaching age 21 and no longer qualifying as a…
In March, USCIS will continue to accept adjustment of status applications based on the monthly Visa Bulletin’s Dates for Filing Chart, rather than the Final Action Dates Chart. The Dates for Filing and Final Action Dates for the EB-1, EB-2,…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it is extending the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (green cards) for petitioners who properly file Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, or Form I-829, Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent…
Next month, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from foreign nationals with a priority date that is earlier than the Dates for Filing listed in the State Department’s February 2023 Visa Bulletin. Employment-Based Priority Date Cutoffs for February…
Next month, EB-1 India and EB-1 China will maintain their Final Action cutoff date of February 1, 2022, and their Dates for Filing cutoff date of June 1, 2022. The EB-2 India Final Action date will remain at October 8,…
The Department of Labor has reconfirmed its plan to propose increases in prevailing wages for the H-1B and PERM programs, among others. The Department of Homeland Security continues to pursue proposed modernization of the H-1B program and changes to the…