Immigration Updates

On February 15, 2019 President Trump signed the “Consolidated Appropriations Act (2019)” to fund the U.S. federal government for the 2019 fiscal year. This consolidated spending bill reauthorizes and extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program through September 30, 2019. The extension of the EB-5 program enables qualifying investors to pursue […]

Click here to view 2019 March Visa Bulletin. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the Monthly Visa Bulletin for March 2019, showing modest progress for EB-1 for all chargeability areas as well as EB-2 for China and India, EB-3 and Other Workers China, India, and the Philippines, and EB-5 […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the agency will resume premium processing Tuesday, February 19, 2019, for all H-1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018. For petitions that have received a Request for Further Evidence (RFE), petitioners should include their request for premium processing, along […]

On February 11, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency will implement a new Form I-539, Application to Change/Extend Nonimmigrant Status, effective March 11, 2019. Additionally, I-539 Applicants will be required to pay an additional biometrics fee of $85 per applicant regardless of age, and each […]