KIDAMBI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. is proud to announce that the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has elected Yasmin Blackburn, a Senior Attorney with the Firm as an Elected Director for the 2025-2028 term. As you are aware, Attorney Yasmin Blackburn leads the PERM Practice Group at Kidambi & Associates, PC; she guides companies, nonprofit [...]
For Family-Sponsored Filings: For all family-sponsored preference categories, you must use the Dates for Filing chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for July 2025. For Employment-Based Preference Filings: For all employment-based preference categories, you must use the Final Action Dates chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for July 2025. READ MORE [...]
For Family-Sponsored Filings: For all family-sponsored preference categories, you must use the Dates for Filing chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for April 2025. For Employment-Based Preference Filings: For all employment-based preference categories, you must use the Final Action Dates chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for April 2025. USCIS April 2025 [...]
PERMANENT RESIDENTS AND NONIMMIGRANTS IN LEGAL STATUS INCLUDING F, J, H, L, O-1, E, P, AND THEIR DEPENDENTS ARE CONSIDERED ALREADY REGISTERED. On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued the Protecting the American People Against Invasion executive order which directed the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that aliens comply with their duty to register with the [...]
On June 18, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced actions to more efficiently facilitate employment-based nonimmigrant visas for those who have graduated from college in the United States and have a job offer. This initiative will allow certain individuals to more quickly receive nonimmigrant work visas if they are deemed eligible. As part of this initiative, [...]
To be considered on a case-by-case basis for this process, an individual must: Be present in the United States without admission or parole Have been continuously present in the United States for at least 10 years as of June 17, 2024; and Have a legally valid marriage to a U.S. citizen as of June 17, [...]
Attorney Kidambi writes in this blogpost that In the coming weeks, as cricket is celebrated in America, we will get a chance to see our heroes perform to the best of their ability. No matter the outcome, he believes this will be a triumph of immigrant values and a celebration of our shared heritage in [...]
Over the years, I have been incredibly lucky to have met a whole lot of people from a wide variety of fields. Some of these incredible individuals have left indelible impressions and shaped the way my Firm sees and represents these champions of industry, art, sports, science, and management. In a series of forthcoming articles, [...]
On Jan. 30, 2024, USCIS announced a final rule to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. We believe that this is both excessive and unnecessary. More importantly, it does nothing to reduce backlogs or speed up processing. This endless cycle of fee increases by the Service is affecting clients disproportionately. This additional burden will make [...]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced an update to its Policy Manual providing that USCIS, in its discretion and under certain conditions, may excuse a nonimmigrant’s failure to timely file an extension of stay or change of status request if the delay was due to extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of the applicant or petitioner. [...]