Immigration

On April 21, 2022, President Biden announced the details of a new humanitarian parole program, entitled Uniting for Ukraine, targeted at Ukranian citizens who have been displaced by Russia’s attack on their country. This new humanitarian parole program follows President Biden’s previous commitment to allow up to 100,000 Ukrainians into the U.S. During the […]

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for May 2022, revealing no movement on both the “Dates for Filing” and “Final Action Dates” charts for most categories, little movement in the EB-2 category for individuals born in India, and entirely new categories within the overall EB-5 category. […]

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for April 2022, revealing no movement or modest movement on both the “Dates for Filing” and “Final Action Dates” charts, with the exception of one category.   The April Visa Bulletin reveals no forward movement in the Dates […]

On March 29, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency would implement the statutory requirement to expand “premium processing” to additional types of petitions and applications and pursue other backlog reduction efforts. The following day USCIS published a Final Rule in the Federal Register which lists […]