17 Jan
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
Effective Tuesday, January 17th, a new form is required to claim “portability” benefits that allow certain applicants for Adjustment of Status to U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident to continue their pending permanent residency processes with a new employer. Applicants for Adjustment of Status who have had I-485 Application pending for at […]
16 Jan
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
In less than three months, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) will begin accepting new H-1B petitions filed under the Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018) H-1B quota. No more than 85,000 new H-1B visa numbers, which include 20,000 U.S. Master’s exempt numbers, are available for […]
13 Jan
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) recently published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for February 2017, reporting slight advancement in the “final action cutoff date” for EB-2 applicants born in China and for the entire EB-3 category. The final action dates for other employment based categories remained the same or advanced […]
12 Jan
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
Dear EB-5 Stakeholder: The following is a summary of USCIS’ proposed regulatory reform that will be published in the federal registrar on January 13, 2017. The written comment period will last until April 11, 2017. The DHS highlights four major revisions to the EB-5 program regulations, as follows: Priority Date […]
