Effective March 25, 2025, Express Entry permanent residency candidates will no longer receive Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points for a valid job offer in Canada. CRS points are used to enhance a candidate’s chances of being selected from a pool of permanent residence applicants. This change will be applicable to […]
USCIS Announces Completion of FY-2026 H-1B Cap Lottery Process – All Notifications Have Been Sent to Employers
31 Mar
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On March 31, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency had completed the random numeric selection process (lottery) for allocating H-1B numbers among the properly submitted registrations under both the H-1B Regular Cap and H-1B U.S. Master’s Cap. USCIS has also now completed the process of […]
On March 25, 2025, under the direction of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, the DHS is expected to publish in the Federal Register a Notice of Termination of Parole Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. According to an advance copy of the Notice, the parole […]
Visa Bulletin – April 2025: EB-4 Quota Met; Significant Retrogression for India/China EB-5 Unreserved Categories; Little to No Movement in Other Categories
13 Mar
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for April 2025. Until April 1, the March 2025 Visa Bulletin remains in effect. The Visa Bulletin contains the DOS’s Final Action Dates chart, which lists the cutoff dates for each respective category, the categories that are current […]