June 2013 Visa Bulletin Released!
The Department of State released the June 2013 visa bulletin today. Our usual commentary to follow shortly. Stay tuned!
Category: Family-Based Immigration
Immigration Reform: H4 Visa Holders- Have Your Voice Heard!
The bill for Comprehensive Immigration Reform is an overall positive bill and the Gang of Senators and all involved must be applauded for their efforts. The Bill covers a lot[…]
Immigration reform – family-based immigration law changes
The outline of comprehensive immigration reform includes some drastic changes to the current family-based immigration system. The new system will have two family-based preference categories (instead of the current 4).[…]
SIFF Movie on Immigration & Deportation
AILA Washington and One America joined forces to bring a movie ‘Tony and Janine’s American Wedding: A Deportation Love Story” to the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) yesterday. The event[…]
Eliminating F3/married children and F4/sibling category in immigration reform?
My regular readers may be wondering why I haven’t been writing much about the discussions on comprehensive immigration reform. After all, given the noise it is creating, it would be[…]
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorized on February 12, 2013
Today sees the passage of reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. There was bipartisan support today with 78-22 votes in Senate. The 2011 expired Act had put many Federal programs[…]
March 2013 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The March 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[…]
February 2013 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The February 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[…]
January 2013 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The January 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[…]
October 2012 Visa Bulletin is out
The Department of State released the October 2012 Visa Bulletin today. Our usual commentary will follow tomorrow. In the meantime, my only comment is that I am disappointed that EB2[…]