24 Sep
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On Thursday, September 24, 2015, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services announced that the employment-based immigrant visa quota was reached for Fiscal Year 2015 (October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015). The CIS will suspend final adjudication of I-485 Applications to Adjust Status for the remaining six days of the […]
9 Sep
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for October, introducing a new format that, with the agreement each month of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS), will allow applicants to file I-485 Applications to Adjust Status to permanent resident even before an immigrant visa number […]
18 Aug
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for September, indicating a retrogression of more than seven years in visa availability under the Employment-based, Second (EB-2) Preference category for applicants born in China. Beginning September 1, 2015, EB-2 applicants born in China or India must have […]
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an Interim Final Rule to extend the period of F-1 post-completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) from 12 months to 29 months for graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). On August 12, 2015, the U.S. District Court […]
