The U.S. State Department has released the May 2026 Visa Bulletin which is the eighth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in this month’s Visa Bulletin is the noticeable lack of movement [...]
A marriage-based I-485 interview is a structured but conversational process designed to confirm key aspects of the application and the eligibility for I-485 approval. While every interview follows a similar format, each case is unique — and preparation makes a meaningful difference. Understanding the questions, [...]
USCIS has officially completed the lottery, and selection notices are actively populating in employer and attorney myUSCIS accounts. This year marks a historic and highly anticipated shift: it is the very first selection process [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the April 2026 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in this month’s Visa Bulletin is the continued and significant forward movement across several employment-based [...]
The Department of State recently announced a significant update regarding immigrant visa processing. Effective January 21, 2026, the government has paused all immigrant visa issuances for nationals of over 70 countries deemed at [...]
In the modern corporate landscape, mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations are routine. However, when a company undergoes restructuring, the immigration status of its sponsored foreign workers can be put at risk. To prevent corporate changes from invalidating an employee’s approved PERM [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the March 2026 Visa Bulletin which is the sixth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in this month’s Visa Bulletin is the significant forward movement across several employment-based categories compared [...]
With the FY 2027 H-1B cap registration window opening on March 4, 2026, employers and candidates are navigating a landscape defined by the new Wage-Weighted Selection Process and the Beneficiary-Centric model (see our full alert). Reliance on “common knowledge” from previous years is [...]
As vacation seasons approach and especially in recent weeks, our office frequently fields inquiries from foreign nationals currently in the U.S. on nonimmigrant status (such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, or O-1) regarding travel to Puerto Rico. We [...]
The Department of Homeland Security has announced an inflation-based increase of the I-907 premium processing filing fee starting March 1, 2026. The most common $2,805 premium processing filing fee goes up to $2,965 with an average increase of approximately [...]
