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Congratulations on Your Green Card Approval – Next Steps and Action Items

One of the most exiting moments for a green card applicant is receiving the "New Card Produced" status update or the actual I-485 approval notice or green card in the mail.   Congratulations!    This article contains additional steps and considerations for new green card holders, with focus on employment-based immigrants. Travel or Employment While Waiting [...]

By |2024-01-07T15:53:53-05:00August 25th, 2022|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert|

FY2023 H-1B Cap Reached Without Subsequent Lottery Rounds and Selections

USCIS announced that as of August 23, 2022 they have reached the H-1B cap limit for fiscal year 2023 (FY 2023).  This means that they will not be conducting additional lottery rounds of selection like they have been doing in past years; this also means that all H-1B cap registrants who were not selected under [...]

By |2022-08-23T15:29:55-04:00August 23rd, 2022|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert|

June 2022 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 India Final Action Advances By One Year

The U.S. State Department has just released the June 2022 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of movement across [...]

By |2022-05-18T15:35:10-04:00May 12th, 2022|Articles, EB-2, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

How to Handle I-140 Ability to Pay Cases (and RFEs)?

One of the key aspects of an I-140 immigrant petition is proving the employer’s ability to pay the offered wage not only as of the priority date (for most cases this is the date of filing of the PERM Labor Certification) but also until the beneficiary obtains permanent residence – a period that can span [...]

By |2022-03-27T12:46:21-04:00March 27th, 2022|Articles, I-140, News, News Alert|

April 2022 Visa Bulletin – Minor Forward Movement in EB-2 India

The U.S. State Department has just released the April 2022 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of movement across most categories [...]

By |2022-03-28T10:30:44-04:00March 17th, 2022|Articles, EB-2, EB-3, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

USCIS Restrictions on Multiple H-1B Cap Petitions for Same Beneficiary by Related Employers

Update:  March 2024.   Starting FY2025 H-1B cap season, USCIS will switch to beneficiary-centric selection process which will count each beneficiary only once for registration selection purposes.  See more details about the new rule. Update:  March 2022.   Starting FY2023 H-1B cap season, USCIS requires H-1B registrant employers to make an additional attestation which reads, I further [...]

By |2024-02-01T10:17:51-05:00March 3rd, 2022|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert, Policy, USCIS|

March 2022 Visa Bulletin – No Changes Except EB-2 India Final Action

The U.S. State Department has just released the March 2022 Visa Bulletin which is the sixth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of movement across most [...]

By |2022-02-17T14:50:32-05:00February 17th, 2022|Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

I-485 Interfiling: How to Transfer the Underlying I-140 Petition for Faster Approval

On January 21, 2022, USCIS announced a revised procedure regarding the process of transferring the underlying basis of a Form I-485 to a different employment-based I-140 preference category (a process often called “interfiling”). If an I-485 applicant has [...]

By |2023-01-10T07:29:58-05:00January 27th, 2022|AC21, Articles, I-485, News, News Alert|

February 2022 Visa Bulletin – Gradual Forward Movement in EB-2 India and China

The U.S. State Department has just released the February 2022 Visa Bulletin which is the fifth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of movement across [...]

By |2022-01-30T14:01:11-05:00January 13th, 2022|Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

January 2022 Visa Bulletin – Not Much Forward Movement

The U.S. State Department has just released the January 2022 Visa Bulletin which is the fourth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of movement across most categories with only [...]

By |2021-12-16T12:27:25-05:00December 16th, 2021|Articles, EB-2, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

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