I-485

What Happens After I-485 Interview When The Priority Date Is Not Current?

Ever since USCIS started requiring interviews for employment-based I-485 adjustment of status applications in October of 2017, a very common question, especially nationals of India and China whose priority dates are not current is, "What happens to my I-485 after the interview and until my priority date is current?" Interviewed I-485 Cases Normally Transferred to [...]

By |2020-01-08T22:23:41-05:00January 8th, 2020|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert|

August 2019 Visa Bulletin – Cutoff Dates for EB-2 and EB-3 ROW; Additional Retrogression for EB-1

The U.S. State Department has just released the August 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the eleventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the introduction [...]

By |2019-07-11T15:23:25-04:00July 11th, 2019|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

July 2019 Visa Bulletin – FB-2A is Current Allowing I-485 Filings; EB China Advances Well While EB India Unchanged

The U.S. State Department has just released the July 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the tenth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is [...]

By |2019-06-30T16:39:20-04:00June 13th, 2019|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

March 2019 Visa Bulletin – Slow Forward Movement Across Almost All Employment-based Categories

The U.S. State Department has just released the March 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the sixth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the extremely slow forward movement [...]

By |2019-02-15T10:47:14-05:00February 15th, 2019|Articles, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

USCIS To Use “Final Action” Dates for I-485 Filings from February 1st

USCIS has just announced that as of February 1, 2019, they will use the “Final Action” dates in the February 2019 Visa Bulletin for accepting new I-485 adjustment of status applications. This means that applicants who have a [...]

By |2019-01-17T21:47:13-05:00January 17th, 2019|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

February 2019 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 Dates Advance Slowly; (Almost) No Forward Movement in Filing Dates

The U.S. State Department has just released the February 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the fifth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the gentle [...]

By |2019-01-11T13:05:01-05:00January 11th, 2019|Articles, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

January 2019 Visa Bulletin – EB-3 India Filing Dates Advance for Downgrading

The U.S. State Department has just released the January 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the fourth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the gentle forward movement in EB-1 [...]

By |2018-12-13T11:10:32-05:00December 13th, 2018|AOS, Articles, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

Mid-October Visa Bulletin Expectations: EB-1 Slow Movement; EB-3 India to Advance Significantly

As has become a regular practice, our office has obtained an updated set of expected cutoff date movements over the next several months.    Mr. Charles Oppenheim, the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division for the [...]

By |2018-10-25T10:40:30-04:00October 25th, 2018|AOS, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

Visa Bulletin Update: EB-1 India and China Update – Not Good News

Our office has obtained an updated set of expected cutoff date movements over the next several months as we begin the new fiscal year.     Mr. Charles Oppenheim who is the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting [...]

By |2018-10-04T11:17:56-04:00October 4th, 2018|Articles, EB-1, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

USCIS to Accept October 2018 Visa Bulletin “Filing Dates” – I-485 Filing Opportunity for India and China

In a somewhat surprising move, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) have announced that for October 2018 they will accept the “Filing Dates” for employment-based I-485 applications.    This means that a number [...]

By |2018-09-20T16:10:42-04:00September 20th, 2018|AOS, Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

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