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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status.  less -
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October 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

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The Department of State released the October 2024 Visa Bulletin and USCIS will accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the more advanced Dates for Filing chart for the beginning of this fiscal...more

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EB-1 Immigrant Visa Category Unavailable After Reaching Annual Limit for FY 2024

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The Department of State has confirmed that the annual limit for the EB-1 immigrant visa category has been reached for FY2024. Accordingly, no immigrant visas or green cards will be issued for the remainder of the fiscal year,...more

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September 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

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The Department of State released the September 2024 Visa Bulletin. USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart. Most Employment-Based Categories will...more

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July 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

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The Department of State released the July 2024 Visa Bulletin. USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart. Most Employment-Based Categories will...more

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June 2024 Visa Bulletin Shows No Advancement in Employment-Based Categories

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The June 2024 Visa Bulletin shows no forward movement in employment-based preference categories, but retrogression could occur soon, according to the U.S. Department of State....more

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June 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

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The Department of State released the June 2024 Visa Bulletin. USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart. All Employment-Based Categories will hold...more

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May 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

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The Department of State released the May 2024 Visa Bulletin. USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart. Most Employment-Based Categories will hold...more

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March 2024 Visa Bulletin Again Shows Little Movement

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The March 2024 Visa Bulletin has been released by the U.S. Department of State and shows little movement from last month....more

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March 2024 Immigration Visa Bulletin Released

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The Department of State released the March 2024 Visa Bulletin. In March, USCIS will accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the more modest Final Action Dates chart for the first time this fiscal...more

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September 2023 Visa Bulletin Shows Little Movement in Last Month of Fiscal Year 2023

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The September 2023 Visa Bulletin has been released by the U.S. Department of State and shows little movement from last month. ...more

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November 2020 Visa Bulletin: Filing Eligibility Continues for Employment-based Categories

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After much anticipation and unprecedented delay, the U.S. Department of State has announced the per-country priority date cut-offs for the November 2020 Visa Bulletin. The monthly visa bulletins indicate who may file an...more

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Visa Bulletin Jumps Ahead for October - What is Going On and What Does It Mean for You?

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Social networks are abuzz with news that the “green card” waiting line has moved ahead substantially. For some categories, the difference is years! What does the latest update from the Department of State (DOS) mean for...more

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October Visa Bulletin Significantly Shortens Green Card Waiting Periods

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Yesterday, the USCIS announced that potentially thousands of immigrant workers could move forward with the last step in the green card process, effectively accelerating the waiting period for many individuals in the middle of...more

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US Department of State Releases July 2018 Visa Bulletin

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Final Action dates for China and India EB-1 categories remain unchanged, while EB-2 India advances slightly....more

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September 2016 Special Immigration Alert

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I. DOS Announces 2018 Diversity Lottery - The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) just released its instructions for the DV-2018 Diversity Visa (DV-2018) lottery. The registration period begins on Tuesday, October 4,...more

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Latest USCIS Procedural Changes Add Delays and Uncertainty to Green Card Application Filing

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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has again revised its procedures for determining whether foreign national applicants waiting to file their employment-based or family-sponsored preference...more

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Visa Bulletin: More Changes Impacting the I-485 Process

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As previously reported in our legal update from September 10, 2015, the Department of State (DOS) made a major change to the Visa Bulletin in early September. Then, on September 25, 2015, that Visa Bulletin was rescinded and...more

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USCIS and DOS Attempt to Clarify Increasingly Complex Visa Bulletin Situation

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Each month, the Department of State (“DOS”) publishes current immigrant visa availability information in its Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin indicates when statutorily limited visas are available to prospective immigrants...more

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State Department Revises October 2015 Visa Bulletin

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The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) just issued a revised October 2015 Visa Bulletin. As we noted in our last Alert, the DOS recently changed the format of its Visa Bulletin to add cutoffs for application dates. These are...more

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Not So Fast! Department of State Releases Updated Visa Bulletin for October 2015

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Earlier this month, USCIS, in coordination with the Department of State (“DOS”), announced that it was revising the procedures for determining visa availability for applicants waiting to file for employment-based or...more

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The State Department’s Revised Visa Bulletin Opens Temporary Window for Those Applying for Green Cards

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Action Item: The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”), in coordination with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), has announced that it has revised “the procedures for determining visa availability for applicants...more

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Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses, but Take a Ticket First: U.S. Institutes Measure to Shorten the Wait for a...

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Starting in October, 2015, an additional chart will be posted on the Department of State Visa Bulletin that provides new filing dates, or dates when applicants may be able to apply for permanent residence. This change was...more

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Dramatic Change to Visa Bulletin: Starting October USCIS Will Now Accept I-485 Filings for Certain Eligible Adjustment of Status...

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On September 9, 2015, the Department of State (DOS) announced a major change in the content of the Visa Bulletin. This change will dramatically affect the way that I-485 adjustment of status applications can now be filed with...more

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U.S. Department of State to Alter Visa Bulletin System

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In accordance with President Obama’s Executive Actions on Immigration proposed in November 2014, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) is expected to announce a new system for determining immigrant visa availability,...more

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