The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) has announced upcoming changes to the naturalization test with the stated goals of creating a more “meaningful, uniform, and efficient test that will assess applicants’ knowledge and understanding of U.S. history, government and values.” The new version of the test will contain updated […]
Significant Changes Scheduled to be Published to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program
23 Jul
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has scheduled to publish new changes to the EB-5 program which are effective on November 21, 2019. Once effective, the new rules will change some key aspects of the EB-5 program and cause significant impact on both individual investors and the EB-5 industry. Any […]
August 2019 Visa Bulletin – Significant Worldwide Retrogression – File Adjustment of Status Applications Before August if Eligible
15 Jul
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
Click here to view 2019 August Visa Bulletin. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for August 2019, showing significant worldwide retrogression for EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, and Other Workers preference categories which were Current or were not already significantly backlogged. Beneficiaries of employment-based immigrant petitions who are eligible […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed their review of the proposed EB-5 regulations this past Thursday, June 27th. As the OMB Review concluded the final step in the agency rulemaking process, USCIS can now publish the new regulations at any time in the Federal Register as Final Regulations. […]