I-485

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|

September 2018 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 and EB-3 ROW Cutoff Date Introduced; EB-2/3 India Further Retrogression

The U.S. State Department has just released the September 2018 Visa Bulletin which is the last Visa Bulletin for the FY2018 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the cutoff [...]

By |2018-08-17T13:27:26-04:00August 9th, 2018|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

July 2018 Visa Bulletin – EB-3 China Retrogression; EB2/3 India Advance Notably

The U.S. State Department has just released the July 2018 Visa Bulletin which is the tenth Visa Bulletin for the FY2018 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the significant retrogression in EB-3 China [...]

By |2018-06-21T12:44:45-04:00June 15th, 2018|AOS, Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

June 2018 Visa Bulletin – No Employment Movement Except Four Days Advancement for EB-2 India

The U.S. State Department has just released the June 2018 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the FY2018 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of [...]

By |2018-05-10T11:13:42-04:00May 10th, 2018|Articles, EB-2, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

April 2018 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 India and China Major Retrogression; EB China and EB-3 Advance Significantly

The U.S. State Department has just released the April 2018 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2018 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is major [...]

By |2018-03-13T09:18:46-04:00March 13th, 2018|AC21, Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

New USCIS Policy Creates I-140 Revocation Notice Rights to AC21 Porting Beneficiaries; Requires Proactive AC21 Porting Filing

In a November 11, 2017 Policy Memorandum, USCIS has formally adopted a recent AAO decision in Matter of V-S-G Inc. and has provided guidance on its impact on AC21 beneficiaries where the underlying I-140 immigrant petition is being revoked.   The new policy memorandum states that beneficiaries who have properly ported their green card process to [...]

By |2017-12-07T10:05:46-05:00December 7th, 2017|AOS, Articles, Employees, Employers, I-140, I-485, News, News Alert, Policy|

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