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12 Aug 2014

NewsFlash! September Visa Bulletin Released, F2A and EB2 India Advance

This morning, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the September 2014 Visa Bulletin. Effective September 1st, the employment-based, second preference (EB2) India category will advance to May 1, 2009. The family-based, second preference "A" (FB2A) category, for spouses and (unmarried, minor) children of lawful permanent...

15 Jul 2014

DOS Predictions: FB2A to Move Forward, EB2 India to Retrogress

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has announced that it will now begin to issue a report each month intended to provide reliable predictions and analysis regarding the movement of cutoff dates in the visa bulletin. These reports will be based on discussions with Charles...

22:23 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / Employment Based / Family Based / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Visa Bulletin

14 Jul 2014

Trends of New U.S. Permanent Residents in 2013

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Immigration Statistics, recently reported that over 990,000 foreign nationals were granted U.S. permanent residence ("green card" status) in fiscal year (FY) 2013. These individuals, their respective countries of origin, and avenues to permanent resident status provide...

05:41 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / Immediate Relative / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Resident

02 Jul 2014

USCIS Announces Renewal Process for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has provided instructions regarding the process for renewing enrollment in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA provides temporary immigration relief to eligible undocumented foreign nationals who entered the United States as children. Beneficiaries of the program...

08:39 / AOS/CP (Family) / Homeland Security / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / USCIS News

26 Jun 2014

Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets CSPA

The United States Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision on June 9, 2014, interpreting the "automatic conversion" provision of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). Unfortunately, the Court sided with the restrictive CSPA interpretation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and overruled a more...

07:46 / AOS/CP (Family) / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Resident

09 Jun 2014

NewsFlash! Supreme Court Rules Against Broader Application of CSPA

On June 9, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow against hopes for a favorable interpretation of family unity-related provisions within U.S. immigration law. The Court held that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) had authority to narrowly interpret key protections offered by the...

14:52 / Family Based / Immediate Relative / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief

19 May 2014

FY15 Diversity Visa Lottery Results Available

The results of the U.S. Department of State (DOS) diversity visa (DV) lottery for fiscal year 2015 (FY15) are now available. The DV lottery is a DOS program that runs on an annual basis. Eligibility for participation is limited to people from designated countries with...

14:52 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / Green Card Lottery / NewsBrief / Resident

08 May 2014

June 2014 Visa Bulletin

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the June 2014 Visa Bulletin. As predicted, the family-based, second preference "A" (FB2A) category retrogresses for all countries of chargeability, as has the employment-based, third preference (EB3) category for all countries, save India. EB3 China was hit especially...

11:53 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

07 May 2014

NewsFlash! June Visa Bulletin Released, EB3 China and F2A Retrogresses

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has issued the June 2014 Visa Bulletin. As expected, the family-based, second preference "A" (FB2A) category for spouses and (unmarried, minor) children of lawful permanent residents retrogresses by more than a year for all countries of chargeability. Also, the...

17:07 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

01 May 2014

Official Predictions on Priority Date Movement for FY14

Charles Oppenheim, Chief of the Immigrant Visa Control Unit at the U.S. Department of State (DOS), recently provided expectations for cutoff date movement for the remainder of fiscal year 2014 (FY14). There is no one better positioned than Mr. Oppenheim, as the chief of the...

07:22 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

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NewsFlash! September Visa Bulletin Released, F2A and EB2 India Advance

DOS Predictions: FB2A to Move Forward, EB2 India to Retrogress

Trends of New U.S. Permanent Residents in 2013

USCIS Announces Renewal Process for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets CSPA

NewsFlash! Supreme Court Rules Against Broader Application of CSPA

FY15 Diversity Visa Lottery Results Available

June 2014 Visa Bulletin

NewsFlash! June Visa Bulletin Released, EB3 China and F2A Retrogresses

Official Predictions on Priority Date Movement for FY14

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