Adjustment of Status
Recently many of our clients have been receiving duplicate biometrics appointment notices from USCIS. We have been advising our clients that it is probably a mistake but that they need to attend the biometrics just in case, otherwise the case could be denied. We, as well as many other attorney’
Adjustment of Status
According to Charles Oppenheim, the Chief of the visa Control and Reporting Division, US Department of State, the usage patterns for India, the number of visas used, etc. mean that there will definately be retrogression, and it may happen as soon as November. India has seen rapid forward movement of
Adjustment of Status
The September Visa Bulletin was released by the Department of State and does show a little movement forward in certain categories. First we will look at the family based immigrant visas. In this area, there was not much movement forward, but a few notable movements are: * Unmarried sons and daughters
Immigration
We have seen an influx of I-485 RFE's for long pending cases, asking for updated letters of employment and medical exams. Why is USCIS sending this out? Does this mean your case is going to be adjudicated very soon? Well, we wish that the answer was clear. At
Immigration
USCIS just issued a new me mo that opens up the possibility for more Nurses to qualify for H-1B status. The memo, dated July 11, was issued but he Office of Policy and Strategy, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of the Director, USCIS. Prior to this memo, USCIS view
Immigration
Mr. Oppenheim, the Department of State Officer in charge of the Visa Bulletin has given the American Immigration Lawyer's Association some addition information about the upcoming August bulletin as well as what the future brings for the Visa numbers. Below is the text of what was told to
Immigration
The August 2014 Visa Bulletin has been released. For family based cases, overall things moved forward slightly. For employment based cases, both China and India saw some forward movement with EB2s and China saw some movement with EB3s as well. For the EB2s, India moved from September 1, 2008 to
Immigration
Congress only has 28 days left in its latest legislative session. After that, they take a break for two months, and then, when they come back, the election season is on in full force and there is not much chance of anything of significance passing. What does this mean for
Immigration
The Department of State has been stating for a while now that it may need to retrogress certain categories, and it has now happened. Both the family based category 2A (spouses and children of permanent residents) went from September 8, 2013 to May 1, 2012 for all countries except Mexico
Extraordinary Ability
Almost all researchers, be they scientific researcher, social science researchers, or foreign relations researchers, have presented their work at symposia, and other venues. In terms of the Extraordinary Ability and National Interest Waiver applications, of what help are these presentations? This greatly depends on the type of presentations and where
Extraordinary Ability
For the National Interest Waiver, the Extraordinary Ability and the Outstanding Researcher applications, evidence that you have judged the work of others in your field or a related field can be extremely helpful. However, the level of helpfulness of this evidence depends greatly on the type of judging and the
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