by gipadmin | Feb 16, 2023 | AOS, Green Cards, State Department
Effective immediately, USCIS issued guidance in its Policy Manual to update when an immigrant visa “becomes available” for the purpose of calculating a noncitizen child’s age under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). Under this new guidance, USCIS will now use the...
by gipadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | AOS, Green Cards, State Department, USCIS-General
Visa Bulletin Update Rapid Forward Movements in FINAL ACTION DATE CHART Benjamin Brueggemann, Senior Supervising Attorney We have seen rapid forward movements in the major employment-based categories, EB-2 and EB-3, over the past few months. This is a direct result...
by gipadmin | Feb 19, 2021 | AOS, Green Cards, USCIS-General
Michelle A. Choe, Attorney In September of 2020, the October visa bulletin was released which aggressively advanced the filing dates for the EB-3 category in India and China. This significant movement caused USCIS to receive an influx of I-140 downgrade petitions...