Immigration Blog

USCIS has announced the Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for July 2018, providing information on which Green Card applicants can file their Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status with USCIS in July 2018. According to the July 2018 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts, applicants under employment-based visa preference categories must use […]

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The U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin July 2018 shows marginal advancement in EB-2 China, EB-2 India, EB-3 India, and retrogression for EB-3 China in the Application Final Action Dates chart. EB-2 China also advanced marginally in the Dates for Filing Applications chart for the employment-based visa preference categories. USCIS is yet to announce which […]

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USCIS has announced that as of June 11, 2018, it will issue petitioners who file Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, or Form I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status, a Form I-797 Receipt Notice that can be presented with their Permanent Resident Card as evidence of continued status […]

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched Freedom of Information Act Immigration Records SysTem (FIRST) – a new system for online processing of Freedom of Immigration Act (FOIA) requests. Up until now, USCIS only accepted FOIA requests by mail, fax, and email, and requesters typically received their documents on a CD by mail. FIRST […]

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has completed data entry of all FY 2019 H1B Cap petitions selected in the H1B lottery. USCIS will now begin returning all H1B Cap petitions that were not selected in the 2018 H1B lottery. USCIS has not provided a time frame for returning these petitions, but has stated that […]

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