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Many of you have probably noticed the increase in processing times at USCIS lately - I-140s are taking a long time, H-1Bs and other changes of status applications are talking almost a year to process, and I-485s are now well over a year to process as well. Well, the American
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Recently, the Department of State and Charlie Oppenheim released the new March 2019 Visa Bulletin. Below is a summary of the movement in each category. Family-Based cases: F1: Final Action dates moved forward to about a month for most countries - October 22, 2011 for All Other Areas, China and
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Recently Charlie Oppenheim once again spoke with AILA and updated us on immigrant visa usage numbers. This update also encompasses the updates in the May Visa Bulletin so there will be no separate post about that. Below are the highlights of that update. Employment Based Categories In the April Bulletin
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Charlie Oppenheimer and the Department of State have determined that, because of increased usage of the EB-1 immigration visas that, come April 1 they will have to backlog this category for both India and China. Both have been backlogged to January 1, 2012 (a date for which there will be
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It appears that USCIS is preparing to release a new rule by June, 2018 to remove the provision that allows certain H-4 spouses of H-1B visa holders to apply for work authorization. If you have been following this issue, you know that the new administration has been looking at revoking
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There have been some movements on the immigrant visa front, and some setbacks. Below is an update on where things are and where they may be going. Employment Based Immigration Visas: EB-1: Current across the Board for now, however according to Charlie, India and China may backlog by summer. EB-2:
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Charlie Oppenheim recently released a new update on possible movement of various visa categories. While for the most part there are no surprises, it is good to review what he says on your particular category to ensure you are not surprised in future months. However, overall, it was a short
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The Department of State released the November 2017 visa bulletin. This bulletin includes some modest forward movement in most categories. Family Based Immigrant Visa Numbers USCIS has allowed people to base the filing of the Adjustment of Status applications on the Dates for Filing. However those dates have not changes
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Today, USCIS released the October Visa Bulletin. The big changes are the EB1 coming current (as well as EB2 Worldwide) and a big jump forward in the F4 (siblings of a US Citizen) category for Worldwide, China and, to a lesser extent, India. Below is a summary of the developments
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The June, 2017 Visa Bulletin was released and the biggest change is that both India and China are now backlogged in EB-1 category. Below are all the changes and further information about this new backlog. We are also including updates from Charlie Oppenheim from the Department of State on projected
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The February 2017 visa bulletin was released by the Department of State yesterday. Below is a summary of the changes. Family Based Application: F1: Most countries moved forward about 1 month to 1.5 months (except the Philippines, which moved forward about 2 months). This means that most countries are
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The American Immigration Lawyer's Association recently met with Charlie Oppenheim of the Department of State about the upcoming year and what the trends look like in terms of immigrant visa availability. Here is what Charlie said in regards to employment-based visas: EB-1: First, in terms of EB-1 Employment-based