The Visa Bulletin is released monthly by the Department of State and is used to determine when a sponsored foreign national can submit the final step of the green card process, or if already pending, when the final step can be adjudicated.
Below is a summary of the June Visa Bulletin, including Final Action Dates and changes (or not) from the previous month.
Continue Reading June 2023 Visa Bulletin – Priority Dates in the Doldrums, Except China EB-3 Other WorkersU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released additional details about the FY 2024 H-1B electronic registration that ran in March 2023. One item of interest is that the number of registrants (individuals) with only one submission saw a relatively modest increase from 309k to 350k, while the number of registrants with multiple submissions more than doubled from 165k to 409k. In contrast, the first year of the H-1B Cap Registration program (FY2021) saw only 28k individuals with multiple submissions – an increase of 1,454% in just three years.
Continue Reading USCIS Releases FY2024 Cap Registration Statistics and Announces Measures to Combat FraudThe Visa Bulletin is released monthly by the Department of State and is used to determine when a sponsored foreign national can submit the final step of the green card process, or if already pending, when the final step can be adjudicated.
Continue Reading May 2023 Visa Bulletin – For EB-1 and EB-2 India, A Rest Before More Retrogression; EB-1 China Also Forecast To Backslide
HuntonAK Immigration Senior Attorney Shaena Rowland was recently named as a 2023 Immigration Law Trailblazers by The National Law Journal.
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The Visa Bulletin is released monthly by the Department of State and is used to determine when a sponsored foreign national can submit the final step of the green card process, or if already pending, when the final step can be adjudicated.
Below is a summary of the April Visa Bulletin, including Final Action Dates and changes from the previous month.
Continue Reading April 2023 Visa Bulletin – Slight Thaw for EB-3 China, Retrogression for EB-2 India and Rest of WorldThe Visa Bulletin is released monthly by the Department of State and is used to determine when a sponsored foreign national can submit the final step of the green card process, or if already pending, when the final step can be adjudicated.
Below is a summary of the March Visa Bulletin, including Final Action Dates and changes (or not) from the previous month.
Continue Reading March 2023 Visa Bulletin – No Movement Except EB-3 Other Workers: Forward for China, Backward for All Other Countries
Seasoned business immigration attorneys recall “visa revalidation” with great fondness. It is hard to imagine now, with visa appointment backlogs of months and even years at U.S. consulates all over the world, but it was once possible to send a passport to the Department of State’s Revalidation Division in St. Louis, Missouri, along with a few simple supporting documents, and within 10 to 12 weeks, get the passport back with a renewed visa in it. Those were the days!
Continue Reading State Department To Resume Domestic Visa Issuance After Almost Two Decades
If Punxsutawney Phil checks the Visa Bulletin on Groundhog Day next month, he’s likely to scurry back into his hole from sheer boredom.
The Visa Bulletin is released monthly by the Department of State and is used to determine when a sponsored foreign national can submit the final step of the green card process, or if already pending, when the final step can be adjudicated.
Continue Reading February 2023 Visa Bulletin – Groundhog Month: Most Preference Categories on Repeat from JanuaryThe Visa Bulletin is released monthly by the Department of State and is used to determine when a sponsored foreign national can submit the final step of the green card process, or if already pending, when the final step can be adjudicated.
Continue Reading January 2023 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 China and India retrogress; most other preference categories freeze in place
Effective January 5 (at 12:01am, Eastern Standard Time), all passengers inbound from China, Hong Kong and Macau, or who were in the country in the 10 days prior to their departure to the United States, must show a negative PCR or monitored antigen test in order to board flights to the United States. In addition, the same requirement will apply for those passengers who were physically present in China within the 10 days prior to flying through South Korea’s Incheon International Airport, Toronto Pearson International, and Vancouver International.
Continue Reading A COVID Surge in China Results in Renewed Restrictions for Travel to the United States