As of June 30, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) was conducting analyst review for PERM applications filed in December 2021 or earlier, and processing audited cases with priority dates of September 2021 or earlier. DOL is working on standard…
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 August 2022 Visa Bulletin. Employment-Based Priority Date Cutoffs for August…
The Department of Homeland is extending Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela by 18 months, through March 10, 2024. Venezuelan TPS beneficiaries will be required to re-register to extend their benefits. The issue The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced an 18-month…
The EB-3 Final Action dates for India and China will each advance one month, to February 15, 2012, and April 22, 2018, respectively. The EB-2 Final Action Dates for India and China will remain unchanged from the previous month. EB-1…
The USCIS Ombudsman’s Annual Report describes USCIS’s increasingly severe application backlogs and emphasizes the need for congressional appropriations and increased application fees in order to improve the agency’s operations. As of April 2022, USCIS had 8.5 million pending applications for…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to support a proposed rule to amend aspects of the H-1B program, including a redefinition of the employer-employee relationship and clarification of petition amendment requirements, particularly in changes of work location. The Department…
The EB-2 India Final Action date will advance by three months, to December 1, 2014. The EB-2 China Final Action date will advance by one month, to April 1, 2019. EB-1 will remain current for all countries. EB-2 and EB-3…
As of May 31, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) was conducting analyst review for PERM applications filed in November 2021 or earlier, and processing audited cases with priority dates of September 2021 or earlier. DOL is working on standard…
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas has designated Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from June 7, 2022 through December 7, 2023. The registration period for eligible individuals to submit TPS applications will run for that same…
USCIS has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 23,500 H-2B visas recently made available to returning workers. As the number of petitions received in the first five business days of the filing period exceeded the 23,500…