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How to Adjust Your Status If you want to adjust your status to become a U.S. permanent resident under a family-sponsored or employment-based visa, you must first have a relative or employer file an immigrant visa petition on your behalf. Then, USCIS…
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April Visa Bulletin Available U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the April 2020 Visa Bulletin last week. Understanding the Visa Backlogs There are a limited number of employment-based immigrant visas (“green cards”) availa…
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How to Adjust Your Status If you want to adjust your status to become a U.S. permanent resident under a family-sponsored or employment-based visa, you must first have a relative or employer file an immigrant visa petition on your behalf. Then, USCIS…
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AILA’s Department of State (DOS) Liaison Committee checks in each month with Charlie Oppenheim, the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at DOS for updates about Visa Bulletin progress. Oppenheim also provides analysis of current tr…
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February Visa Bulletin Available U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the February 2020 Visa Bulletin last week. DOS posted the February 2020 visa bulletin. In addition to final action dates and dates for filing applications, it…
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How to Adjust Your Status If you want to adjust your status to become a U.S. permanent resident under a family-sponsored or employment-based visa, you must first have a relative or employer file an immigrant visa petition on your behalf. Then, USCIS…
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January Visa Bulletin Available U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the January 2020 Visa Bulletin last week. Understanding the Visa Backlogs There are a limited number of employment-based immigrant visas (“green cards”) av…
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December Visa Bulletin Available U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the December 2019 Visa Bulletin. Understanding the Visa Backlogs There are a limited number of employment-based immigrant visas (“green cards”) available…
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USCIS announced last week that the pilot testing phase of the registration process was successful and that they intend to implement this registration process in the FY2021 H-1B lottery. Employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions for the FY2…
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USCIS announced on November 8, 2019 that DHS will publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to adjust the USCIS Immigration Examinations Fee Account (IEFA) fee schedule. The proposal would increase fees by an average of 21 percent. USCIS last updated i…
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