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29 Sep 2026

October 2026 Adjustment of Status: Dates for Filing for Family and Employment Categories

UPDATE TO: October 2026 Visa Bulletin USCIS has confirmed that applicants may use the Dates for Filing charts for both family-sponsored and employment-based adjustment-of-status filings in October 2026. Check your category, country of chargeability, and priority date before filing Form I-485. https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/visa-availability-priority-dates/adjustment-of-status-filing-charts-from-the-visa-bulletin...

29 Sep 2026

October 2026 Visa Bulletin

UPDATE: October 2026 Adjustment of Status: Dates for Filing for Family and Employment CategoriesThe October 2026 Visa Bulletin marks the start of fiscal year 2027, with renewed visa availability for EB2 India and unreserved EB5 India, while several employment-based cutoff dates for countries other than...

08:05 / Consulates / Employment Based / Family Based / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Resident / USCIS News / Visa Bulletin

28 Sep 2026

NewsFlash! Labor Inspector General Predicts Changes to Foreign Labor Visa Programs Amid Fraud Investigation

In a September 24, 2026, interview with commentator Benny Johnson, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito said he thinks the “foreign labor visa program is going to look very different 365 days from now than it does today.” His remarks, documented in a...

16:46 / For Employers / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Worker

24 Sep 2026

NewsFlash! State Department Announces New Visa Restrictions Related to Birth Tourism

On September 23, 2026, the U.S. Department of State announced a new visa restriction policy under section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act targeting individuals who knowingly engage in, have engaged in, or facilitate birth tourism to the United States. According to the announcement,...

16:14 / Consulates / For Families / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Travel / Visitor

23 Sep 2026

Eleventh Circuit Holds That an EOIR Disciplinary Complaint Can Satisfy Lozada

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently issued an important decision addressing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims in immigration proceedings. In Pasqual-Andres v. U.S. Attorney General decided on August 4, 2026, the court held that a complaint filed with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)...

15:36 / Employment Based / Family Based / For Families / For Individuals / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Resident / Student / Worker

18 Sep 2026

NewsFlash! H1B $100K Payment: Back Again?

The White House has issued a new proclamation purporting to extend the September 2025 H1B entry restrictions for another year, again requiring a $100,000 payment for certain H1B workers seeking entry.Notably, the prior implementation of the $100,000 payment was vacated by a federal district court,...

19:59 / NewsBrief

18 Sep 2026

NewsFlash! H1B Update: New Executive Order Targets Employer Layoffs

A new Executive Order directs DOL, DHS, and DOS to consider an H1B employer’s recent or planned layoffs of similarly situated U.S. workers when reviewing LCAs, H1B petitions, visas, and admission.It also calls for expanded interagency coordination and a review of previously filed LCAs.Importantly, this...

19:58 / For Employers / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Worker

16 Sep 2026

CSPA Protection for Employment-Based Derivative Children with Pending Adjustment Applications

A derivative child in an employment-based immigration case does not necessarily lose eligibility for a green card upon reaching the biological age of 21. The Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) provides a special age calculation that may preserve the person’s classification as a “child,” provided...

09:55 / Employment Based / For Families / For Individuals / InfoArticle / NewsBrief / Resident

15 Sep 2026

NewsFlash! States and Cities Sue to Block New Public Charge Rule

New York and a coalition of states and local governments filed two federal lawsuits on September 14, 2026, seeking to block the Trump administration’s new public charge rule. The cases, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenge the...

09:27 / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / NewsBrief / Resident / USCIS News

15 Sep 2026

NewsFlash! Court Postpones Effective Date of Rule Ending Duration of Status

A federal district court in Massachusetts has postponed the effective date of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule that would eliminate the duration-of-status (D/S) framework for F-1 students, J-1 exchange visitors, and certain I nonimmigrants. The rule, titled “Establishing a Fixed Time Period...

06:56 / For Employers / For Individuals / Homeland Security / Legislation / NewsBrief / Student / USCIS News / Worker

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