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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...

09:31 / Consulates / Employment Based / Family Based / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Resident / USCIS News / 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
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
01 Sep 2026

Possible Changes to H-4 Spouse Employment Authorization

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering a proposal that could significantly affect certain H-4 dependent spouses of H1B nonimmigrant workers. Listed under Regulatory Information Number 1615-AD14, the proposal would eliminate the regulatory basis for eligible H-4 spouses to request employment authorization under the...

13:41 / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Worker
22 Aug 2026

September 2026 Visa Bulletin

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the September 2026 Visa Bulletin. Cutoff dates across the employment-based and family-based categories generally hold steady from August 2026, with no forward movement or retrogression this month, but the DOS continues to caution that retrogression, or categories...

11:10 / Consulates / Employment Based / Family Based / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Resident / USCIS News / Visa Bulletin
18 Aug 2026

NewsFlash! USCIS Issues Sweeping New Public Charge Guidance Effective September 18, 2026

On August 18, 2026, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued extensive new policy guidance explaining how the agency will apply the public charge ground of inadmissibility. The guidance implements the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule published on July 20, 2026, which...

15:33 / Employment Based / Family Based / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / NewsBrief / Resident / USCIS News