U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that, together with the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”), it is revising the procedures for determining when an application for adjustment of status may be filed, thus implementing part of President Obama’s November 2014 executive actions on immigration. This revised visa bulletin was envisioned by the White House … Read more
The U.S. State Department has just released the September 2013 Visa Bulletin, which is the last Visa Bulletin for the 2013 fiscal year. The big news is the continued significant forward movement for the employment-based second preference (EB-2) category for Indian nationals, the significant forward movement in the employment-based third preference (EB-3) category, and the … Read more
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) August 2013 Visa Bulletin was released last week. As previously projected by DOS, the family-based second-preference (FB2A) category for spouses and children of lawful permanent residents (or green card holders) will become current for all nationalities in the month of August. In addition, the cutoff date for the employment-based second-preference … Read more