You’ve Been Charted! (by WIL and CIR)
Ever since the bill for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) was released, some of us have lost sleep. A lot of sleep, in fact. Thank goodness for coffee and eye make[…]
Category: Family-Based Immigration
Immigration reform: Family Based Pending Petitions
Dear Readers, the most common question I am seeing is this: Qs. I have a pending F3 or F4 petition. What will happen to my petition if immigration reform happens?[…]
July 2013 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The July 2013 visa bulletin was released on Friday. Here’s the pertinent information most of my readers are looking for: For all countries except India, China, Philippines, and Mexico: F2A preference has[…]
Changes in family-based immigration law- after immigration reform
Dear Readers, I am so sorry for the delay in this particular post. I know I have promised many of you that I will let you know how things will[…]
Immigration Reform – Merit Based Points System- flowchart
As a self-confessed immigration law geek, we promised we will be going through the entire bill. We are keeping our promise. Here is our latest flowchart summarizing the newly proposed[…]
July 2013 Visa Bulletin is Out
The Department of State released the July 2013 visa bulletin today. Our usual commentary to follow soon. Stay tuned! In the meantime, some pertinent information about movement of priority dates[…]
WIL article makes top 5 on ILW, again!
As our regular readers will know, we have been fortunate to be invited to contribute to www.ILW.com, America’s most prestigious immigration website. Our H4 article was posted to their website[…]
Great summary of immigration reform bill in The Seattle Times- includes our client!
Another front page immigration story and it features our client! Thank you Sridhar Katta for having your voice heard and thank you Lornet and Kyong for taking the time to[…]
Immigration reform bill S.744 approved by Senate!
Yesterday, the Senate panel, after several days of intense work and amendments, approved the bill for immigration reform S.744 Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act. Thank you to[…]
June 2013 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The June 2013 visa bulletin was released today. Here’s the pertinent information most of my readers are looking for: For all countries except India, China, Philippines, and Mexico: F2A preference has advanced[…]