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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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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
Extraordinary Ability
Does the National Interest Waiver (a self-sponsored green card application) require that you be working for or funded by the US Government? The short answer is no, it most certainly does not. Is it as hard as the Extraordinary Ability application? Again, the short answer is no, definitely not. The
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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
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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
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The Department of State released the March, 2016 visa bulletin earlier today. Below I will go through both the family and employment based backlogs. After reviewing the current backlogs I will discuss the projections by the DOS for further movement. Family Based Backlogs Final Action Dates: Most categories saw little
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WHEN: January 27, 2015, 12:00 pm WHAT: A fee seminar detailing the self-sponsored green card application requirements for the National Interest Waiver (EB-2) application and the Extraordinary Ability (EB-1) application. We will also touch on the various types of evidence that can be submitted to meet the regulations and
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As we previously reported, the Department of State released the February 2016 visa bulletin several days ago. Today, USCIS finally determined which dates (the "final action date" or the "dates for filing" can be used. Their decision is: Family Based Cases You may use the "
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The Department of State just came out with the Visa Bulletin for February 2016. Unfortunately there was not much movement on either the family or employment front. Below we summarize what movement there was. Family Based Immigrant Visas: Final Action Dates: Most categories moved forward between 1-2 months. Dates For
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I have had many potential clients ask me this question, and I wish I could give a sim ple “yes” or “no” answer. There are two things I can say for sure. First, just the fact that you have an attorney, while it does not make it more likely, in
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Charlie Oppenheim, the person in charge of the Visa Bulletin at the Department of State updated us on what his predictions are for future movement on the Visa Bulletin. EB-2 numbers, India: Mr. Oppenheim stated that the jump of 8 months in the January Bulletin was part of the correction
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The Department of State issued its visa bulletin for January of 2016. The following are the highlights in terms of movements forward and backwards of priority dates: Family Based: Final Action Dates: For most of the world (including China and India), the dates moved forward in all categories by about