Adjustment of Status
One would think that the timelines that USCIS lists on their website for each case type a particular USCIS office would be accurate, up to date, and easy to understand. Unfortunately, this is not the case. If you go to the USCIS website and click on See Office Case Prcessing
Adjustment of Status
Last week the August 2015 visa bulletin came out. While there were not many major changes, there are some worth noting. First, in terms of family based numbers, most categories moved forward about 1 month for All Other Countries. Numbers for Mexico, China, India and the Philippines either stayed at
ULP
Some of you may have heard of this service, many of you probably have not. H&R Block (yes, the tax form people) had set up a service to help immigrants fill in immigration forms. They would not give actual legal advice, just help complete the forms. The American
Adjustment of Status
In the EB-1A Extraordinary Ability green card regulations, one of the 10 enumerated types of evidence is "Evidence of the alien's authorship of scholarly articles in the field, in professional or major trade publications or other major media" (See 8 CFR 204.5(H)(3)(vi)
Adjustment of Status
Many, many clients have asked us this question, and it is not an easy question to answer. Most importantly, the answer may be different depending on each persons exact situation. First, to explain a little bit, this question is looking at the fact that, under current USCIS rules, you can
Adjustment of Status
USCIS, under it guidelines, is suppose to adjudicate an EAD application for an adjustment applicant within 90 days of filing. If they are unable to do so, the regulations clearly state that an interim EAD is suppose to be made available to the applicant. However, realistically, USCIS has not had
AC21
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided a case, Kurapati v. USCIS in which the Court issued an important decision that helps t hose who filed an adjustment based upon an approved I-140 that was sponsored by an employer they no longer work for.In most such cases, there
Immigration
The National Interest Waiver application is a self-sponsored application that is a good fit for many, many researchers and others looking to get permanent residence in the US. While many people feel that they need to show they are working for our government or something similar in order to show
Immigration
Being sponsored by an employer for a green card is prospective in nature. What this means is that the future employer and employee are attesting that they have the intent to enter into the employer-employee relationship UPON approval of the I-485 (or upon receiving the immigrant visa and entering the
Family Preference
The January 2014 Visa Bulletin was recently released by USCIS last week. Perhaps the most notable movement was for the worldwide EB-3 and China and Mexico EB3 numbers. In all three of those cases, the priority date moved up almost 1 year to April 1, 2012. The Philippines moved forward