USCIS Issues a Multitude of RFEs on Pending I-485 Applications
Many of our clients and readers are already aware of the move by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) to issue what are hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, of very similar, if not...
View ArticleOctober 2016 Visa Bulletin – USCIS to Accept Filing Dates Category for I-485...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) has just announced that for the month of October 2016 they will honor and accept I-485 Adjustment of Status applications based on the Filing Dates...
View ArticleI-140 EAD/Job Portability Final Rule Released – Analysis and Overview of the...
The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has just released the final text (also copy of Federal Register version) of the rule seeking to improve certain aspects of the employment-based immigration...
View ArticleWhat is I-485 Supplement J and How to Properly Prepare and Use it?
Earlier this year USCIS introduced a new Form I-485 Supplement J which is being used in connection with filings of new I-485 applications to adjust status or for porting of existing and pending I-485...
View ArticleOctober 2017 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 and EB-2 ROW Current Again; First Bulletin...
The U.S. State Department has just released the October 2017 Visa Bulletin which is the first Visa Bulletin for the FY2018 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is fact that...
View ArticleApril 2018 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 India and China Major Retrogression; EB China...
The U.S. State Department has just released the April 2018 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2018 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is major...
View ArticleHow to Port and Retain a Pending I-485 to a New Employer Under AC21/I-485...
With many applicants filing (or having filed) adjustment of status (I-485) applications, especially in the EB-2 and EB-3 India and China categories, and due to the fact that there are many I-485...
View ArticleJune 2021 Visa Bulletin – Continued Forward Movement for EB India
The U.S. State Department has just released the June 2021 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the continuing...
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I-485 Interfiling: How to Transfer the Underlying I-140 Petition for Faster...
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...
View ArticleOctober 2022 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 India Major Retrogression; EB-1/EB-2 Visa...
The U.S. State Department has just released the October 2022 Visa Bulletin which is the first Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the major...
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