October 2020 Visa Bulletin Commentary
After much delay and anticipation, the October 2020 Visa Bulletin was released this morning. Most of the employment based categories saw very significant forward movement, including, but not limited to,[…]
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USCIS Updates I-944 Public Charge Guidance in Wake of Stay of Injunction
USCIS today updated its webpages regarding the I-485 and the public charge rule, notifying applicants that it will enforcing the public charge rule in the wake of the decision to[…]
USCIS Averts Furlough of Nearly 70% of Workforce
After months of uncertainty, USCIS confirmed today that, for the time being, it has managed to avoid furloughing nearly 70% of its workforce, at least through the remainder of this[…]
September 2020 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The September 2020 Visa Bulletin was released yesterday. Nothing major to report this month as they was very little (if any) movement in most categories. However, this is not entirely[…]
August 2020 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The August 2020 Visa Bulletin was recently released. EB1 India has continued to see significant movement each month for the past 3 months, providing much needed relief in a severely[…]
July 2020 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The July 2020 Visa Bulletin was released yesterday. This month again saw the final action date for EB1 India move forward significantly, advancing another 334 days after advancing 312 days[…]
March 2020 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The March 2020 Visa Bulletin was released earlier this morning. No drastic changes, but we did finally see some forward movement for EB1 India after months and months of stagnation.[…]
February 2020 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The February 2020 Visa Bulletin was recently released. Nothing particularly of note other than that EB1 India continues to see no movement whatsoever. EB1 India has now seen no forward[…]
DHS Proposes Changes to Immigration and Travel Forms to Collect Social Media Information
Earlier today, DHS proposed changes to several immigration-related and travel-related forms, publishing a 60-day notice and request for comments in the Federal Register. The proposed changes will allow DHS to[…]
Presidential Memorandum on Enforcing the Legal Responsibilities of Sponsors of Aliens
Yet another reminder to all of our readers of President Trump’s recent memo making it mandatory for state and local agencies to sue I-864 sponsors for all means-tested benefits that[…]