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US Department of State Releases March 2025 Visa Bulletin

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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in March 2025. The Final Action Dates chart reflects slight advancement across...more

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March 2025 Visa Bulletin Released: What Employers Need to Know

The Department of State released the March 2025 Visa Bulletin and USCIS has confirmed they will continue to utilize the Final Action Dates chart for employment-based Adjustment of Status applications. The Final Action Dates...more

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US Department of State Releases February 2025 Visa Bulletin

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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in February 2025. The Final Action Dates chart reflects minor advancement in...more

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January 2025 Visa Bulletin: Key Highlights and Implications

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Along with the New Year, January 1st also marks the implementation of a new Visa Bulletin by the U.S. Department of State....more

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January 2025 Immigration Visa Bulletin Released

The Department of State released the January 2024 Visa Bulletin and USCIS has confirmed they will accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Dates for Filing chart. All employment-based categories...more

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December 2024 Visa Bulletin Shows Final Action Date Advances for India Under EB-2 and EB-3 Categories

The U.S. Department of State’s December 2024 Visa Bulletin shows advances in the final action dates for India under categories EB-2 and EB-3, while the dates for filing of employment-based visa applications remain unchanged....more

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December 2024 Immigration Visa Bulletin: What Employers Need to Know

The Department of State released the December 2024 Visa Bulletin and USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the more advanced Dates for Filing chart. All employment-based...more

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November 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

The Department of State released the November 2024 Visa Bulletin and USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Dates for Filing chart. All employment-based categories...more

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September 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

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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May 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

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

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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US Department of State Releases December 2023 Visa Bulletin

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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Dates for Filing Chart in December 2023. The US Department of State Visa Bulletin for December 2023 reflects no advancement in priority date cutoff dates in the...more

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U.S. Department of State’s May 2023 Visa Bulletin Shows Further Employment-Based Retrogression for Most Countries

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs’ May 2023 Visa Bulletin shows a trend of backlogs and slowdowns in the employment-based immigrant visa or green card process. The final action dates for multiple...more

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US Department of State Releases May 2023 Visa Bulletin

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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in May 2023. Chart updates include significant retrogression for the EB-2 and EB-3...more

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USCIS May 2023 Visa Bulletin Released: Notable Developments for Employers

The Department of State released the May 2023 Visa Bulletin.  There are a few notable developments for employment-based applicants, including further retrogression and expected retrogression for several categories: - USCIS...more

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US Department of State Releases November 2022 Visa Bulletin

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The US Department of State has released its November 2022 Visa Bulletin, outlining per-country priority date cutoffs that regulate immigrant visa availability and the flow of adjustment of status application and consular...more

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Department of State’s October Visa Bulletin Includes Significant Reduction in EB-2 Visa Availability

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The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released its Visa Bulletin for October 2022. The Visa Bulletin is a monthly DOS publication regarding immigrant visa availability. The Bulletin lists the cut-off dates that govern visa...more

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US Department of State Releases October 2022 Visa Bulletin

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US Citizenship and Immigration Services will use the Dates for Filing Chart in October 2022. EB-2 India will retrogress to May 1, 2012. Additionally, Final Action cutoff dates for India EB-2 and EB-3 will retrogress to April...more

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US Department of State Releases September 2022 Visa Bulletin

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In the September 2022 Visa Bulletin, visa numbers in certain categories may become unavailable mid-month. Other Workers from All Chargeability Areas, Mexico, and the Philippines will retrogress to May 8, 2019. All other Final...more

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USCIS Adjustment of Status Application Guidance for EB-2 Indian Nationals

The U.S. Department of State’s July 2022 Visa Bulletin indicates a significant advancement for Indian nationals in the second preference category for employment-based (EB-2) visas. On February 18, 2022, U.S. Citizenship...more

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US Department of State Releases August 2022 Visa Bulletin

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In August 2022, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services will use the Final Action chart. China and India EB-3 Final Action cutoff dates will advance by one month, as will India Other Workers cutoff dates. EB-2 and all...more

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US Department of State Releases July 2022 Visa Bulletin

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In July 2022, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services will use the Final Action chart. China EB-2 Final Action cutoff dates will advance by one month and India EB-2 Final Action cutoff dates will advance by three months....more

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US Department of State Releases June 2022 Visa Bulletin

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In June 2022, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services will use the Final Action chart. India EB-2 Final Action cutoff dates will advance by one year, while all other Final Action cutoff dates remain unchanged....more

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US Department of State Releases March 2022 Visa Bulletin

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There is little change in the Dates for Filing chart for March 2022, but some retrogression in the EB-4 classification cutoff dates for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras....more

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US Department of State Releases January 2022 Visa Bulletin

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The Dates for Filing Chart for January 2022 remains unchanged. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services continues to use the “Dates for Filing” chart for employment-based adjustment of status. The US Department of State...more

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