Adjustment of Status
DOS released the November Visa bulletin and there has been some forward movement. Importantly, USCIS is still allowing the Dates for Filing to be used for almost all applications (except EB-5 applications) to determine when you are able to file the adjustment application. Below we will go through each category
Adjustment of Status
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
Adjustment of Status
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
Adjustment of Status
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
F-1
There are two relevant updates to discuss. First, in terms of the STEM OPT court fight, the District Court this week dismissed the action against USCIS for the STEM OPT rules. The Court found that USCIS had fixed the necessary issues and did not agree that USCIS overstepped its bounds
Adjustment of Status
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
Adjustment of Status
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 "
Adjustment of Status
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
Adjustment of Status
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
Adjustment of Status
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
Adjustment of Status
The Department of State recently released the December 2015 visa bulletin and Mr. Charlie Oppenheim, the person at the Department of State in charge of the Visa Bulletin also recently gave AILA an update on his predictions for future movement of the Bulletin. I will summarize both of these documents