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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.
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

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 January

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 January Visa Bulletin, including Final Action Dates and changes (or not) from the previous month. …
Continue Reading January 2023 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 China and India retrogress; most other preference categories freeze in place

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 December Visa Bulletin, including Final Action Dates and changes from the previous month. …
Continue Reading December 2022 Visa Bulletin – Further Retrogression for EB-2 India

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 October 2022 Visa Bulletin – For EB-2 India, an Ominous Start to the Fiscal Year

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 September 2022 Visa Bulletin – A Frosty End to the Fiscal Year as All Categories Freeze

Stage 1 of USCIS’s previously announced Premium Processing Expansion program is set to begin on June 1, 2022. Stage 1 will focus on I-140 petitions and will be rolled out in phases, with only long-pending cases eligible to upgrade to premium processing in the coming months. …
Continue Reading Premium Processing Will Soon Be Available for EB-1C and EB-2 NIW I-140 Petitions

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 July 2022 Visa Bulletin – After Months of Stagnation, EB-2 China Advances One Month