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USCIS, for the first time in almost a year, has agreed that the Date for Filing, as opposed to the Final Action Date, can be used for the October Visa Bulletin. What does this mean? For Employment Based Cases: EB-1: Will be Current for All. EB-2: While the Worldwide numbers
Backlog
The Department of State released the visa bulletin for October 2016 recently. Below is a summary of movement and changes. Family Based Immigrant Visa Numbers F1 - Unmarried Sons and Daughters of US Citizens: This category moved forward about 1 week to September 22, 2090 for every country except Mexico
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Charlie Oppenheim, the officer at the Department of State in charge of visa numbers and the Visa Bulletin, recently released an update to his predictions for the upcoming months. Below is a summary of some of that update. Family Based Visa Numbers According to Charlie, in September most of the
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The August 2016 visa bulletin was released by the Department of State yesterday. It features backlogs for ALL countries in the EB-2 category and other changed. However, readers should understand, that while certain countries (India and China) have regular backlogs in the EB-2 category, those for other countries in the
PERM
We get this, and similar questions, from our clients frequently. This is a very complex issue and every situation is different. However, there are some key considerations you should think about. The key questions are: * Are you carrying out the activity for profit? * Are you just trying to get rid
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The Department of State (DOS) released the July visa bulletin recently and Charlie Oppenheim, the person at the DOS who is in charge of the visa bulletin also updated the American Immigration Lawyer's Association on what further movement or backlogs can be expected in the near future. For
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In the last week, the Department of State released the June, 2016 visa bulletin, USCIS has announced which tables they will utilize for this month and Charlie Oppenheim, the Department of State employee in charge of immigrant visa numbers, issued guidance for the coming months. Below is a summary of
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USCIS has proposed a new fee structure - raising certain fees, keeping certain fees at their current level, and even lowering some fees. As part of its bi-annual review, USCIS determined that what it was receiving in user fees was insufficient to allow it to continue its current operations (USCIS
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The visa bulletin for May 2016 was released and there has been very little movement. I have included some highlights below followed by the actual charts. Please note that, for this month, USCIS has indicated that they will be using the final action dates for both employment and family based
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Many clients want to know about getting their case expedited for various reasons. This is especially true for those filing the I-485 application, who are counting on getting the EAD card quickly so that they can work. While it is not impossible to get a case expedited, it can be
Adjustment of Status
The American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA) recently talked with Mr. Charlie Oppenheim of the Department of state about visa availability in the coming months. Mr. Oppenheim is the person in charge of the Visa Bulletin. Below are some of the highlights of his predictions: 1. EB-3 China: The
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USCIS in the last couple of days, has updated their timeline processing reports for all service centers. Below is a summary of some of the Highlights. I-140s For I-140's, Nebraska, which was processing all I-140s in 4 months, now has a 5 month processing timeline for EB-2 NIWs