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December 2015 Visa Bulletin – Filing Cutoff Dates Remain Unchanged; Very Gradual Movement in the Approval Dates

The U.S. State Department has just released the December 2015 Visa Bulletin which is the third Visa Bulletin for the new FY2016 fiscal year. The major headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:08-04:00November 9th, 2015|AOS, DOS, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

Proposed STEM OPT Rule Expands Scope and Validity; Adds Employer Requirements

Many employers and F-1 STEM students have been anxiously expecting a draft of the proposed STEM OPT extension rule which had to be rushed as a result of the August 2015 District Court decision invalidating the existing 2008 STEM [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:08-04:00October 19th, 2015|Articles, F-1, News, News Alert, Students|

USCIS to Start Monthly Determination on Filing Date Eligibility for I-485

The last few weeks have brought a lot of attention to the way the Visa Bulletin cutoff dates are allocated and how USCIS uses the dates to accept I-485 filings.   Starting with the initial version of the October 2015 Visa Bulletin in early September, and throughout the subsequent October 2015 Visa Bulletin revision and litigation, [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:08-04:00October 15th, 2015|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

November 2015 Visa Bulletin – Filing Cutoff Dates Remain Unchanged; Very Gradual Movement in the Approval Dates

The U.S. State Department has just released the November 2015 Visa Bulletin which is the second Visa Bulletin for the new FY2016 fiscal year.   The major headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of any movement whatsoever in the Filing cutoff dates section of the Visa Bulletin, possibly caused by the October [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:09-04:00October 9th, 2015|Articles, DOS, EB-2, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

Breaking: October 2015 Visa Bulletin Revised – EB-2 India/China and EB-3 Philippines Revised Backwards

Just a few minutes ago, and just a few days before the October 2015 Visa Bulletin were to become effective, the U.S. State Department has released a revision to the October 2015 Visa Bulletin.   EB-2 India and China applicants, many of whom were the primary beneficiaries of the October 2015 Visa Bulletin two-tier cutoff date [...]

By |2015-10-01T12:42:04-04:00September 25th, 2015|Articles, EB-2, EB-3, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

October 2015 Visa Bulletin – Two-Tier Cutoff Date System Established, Likely to Help Many File I-485s Earlier

The U.S. State Department has just released the October 2015 Visa Bulletin which is the first Visa Bulletin for the new FY2016 fiscal year.   The major headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:09-04:00September 9th, 2015|Articles, EB-2, EB-3, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

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