December 2024 Visa Bulletin now available. 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 December 2024. For Employment-Based Preference Filings: For all employment-based preference categories, you must use the Dates for Filing chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for [...]
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. [...]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a final rule that will increase the filing fee for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, to adjust for inflation. The USCIS Stabilization Act established the current premium processing fees and the authority for the Department of Homeland Security to adjust the premium fees on a biennial basis. After [...]
In consolidated appeals, the court affirmed the district courts’ denials of injunctive relief in cases in which the plaintiffs, a group of Indian nationals with approved EB-2 petitions who have been waiting in a visa queue for more than 10 years, sued to compel USCIS to act on their applications for adjustment of status, where [...]
The Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) assists individuals and employers in resolving difficulties they are experiencing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).