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24 Jul 2015

White House Recommends Modernizing Immigration System

On July 15, 2015, the White House released a report outlining recommendations for changes to the U.S. immigration system, in order to "…bring the system into the 21st century." The report identifies avenues for making improvements to the immigration system and is titled, Modernizing and Streamlining...

23 Jul 2015

Visa Bulletin Analysis, Predictions, and Trends: Unexpected Movement for EB3

Each month, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) provides a report with insights into visa bulletin cutoff date movements. This month's report, which follows the release of the August 2015 Visa Bulletin, discusses the unanticipated movement in the employment-based, third preference (EB3) category, and offers a...

10:04 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / Employment Based / Family Based / NewsBrief / Visa Bulletin

22 Jul 2015

CSPA Family Petitions Impacted by Supreme Court Decision

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum on June 25, 2015, rescinding a 2013 hold on cases that were dependent upon the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court case related to the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). The June 2014 Supreme Court...

08:11 / Family Based / For Families / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief

20 Jul 2015

July 30th Deadline to Return Certain DACA EADs

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is demanding the return of employment authorization documents (EADs) issued to certain foreign nationals enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The EADs in question were inadvertently issued by the USCIS after February 16, 2015,...

08:33 / Family Based / For Families / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / USCIS News

16 Jul 2015

Revised I-693 Required for Medical Exams, Beginning July 26, 2015

Effective July 26, 2015, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will only accept the latest version of the report of medical examination and vaccination record (I-693 form). This version of the form can be identified by the revision date of March 30, 2015 (written...

07:35 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Resident / USCIS News

13 Jul 2015

Immigration Impact of Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Decision

On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, pursuant to the individual liberties protected by the constitution of the United States, all U.S. states must permit same-sex marriages. Although this case did not directly deal with immigration law, it nevertheless serves to expand...

07:59 / AOS/CP (Family) / Family Based / For Families / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Resident

26 Jun 2015

Visa Bulletin Analysis, Predictions, and Trends: EB2 India Stalls

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) provides a monthly explanation of visa bulletin developments, as well as predictions for future cutoff date movements. The predictions for July 2015, which follow the release of the visa bulletin, include various updates, including the disappointing news that there...

14:47 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / Employment Based / Family Based / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

15 Jun 2015

Can one bring a spouse inside the country without going through F2A, if the couple marries after using EAD but before getting the green card?

Answer If the marriage occurs BEFORE getting the GC, then the spouse is eligible as a derivative beneficiary in the GC case. The case would be filed as a "follow to join." The F2A case would not be required (although in some situations, with retrogression, it...

16:27 / FAQs

08 Jun 2015

Expect RFEs on I-485s as Cutoff Dates Advance

Foreign nationals with long-pending adjustment of status applications (form I-485) should anticipate being issued requests for evidence (RFEs) as the visa bulletin cutoff date approaches the priority dates of their respective cases. These RFEs typically request submission of updated I-485 eligibility documentation, including new medical...

11:00 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / For Families / For Individuals / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Resident

19 May 2015

Analysis, Predictions, and Trends: EB2 India May Advance Less Than Predicted

Charles Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division for the U.S. Department of State (DOS), offers analysis of visa bulletin trends and predictions for the June 2015 Visa Bulletin, as he does each month. This latest information includes the disappointing possibility that the...

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