I-485

February 2021 Visa Bulletin – Minor Forward Movement; Predictions for Upcoming Months

The U.S. State Department has just released the February 2021 Visa Bulletin which is the fifth Visa Bulletin for the FY2021 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the slowing rate of forward movement [...]

By |2021-01-22T15:06:49-05:00January 22nd, 2021|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

January 2021 Visa Bulletin – Not Much Movement to Open the New Calendar Year

The U.S. State Department has just released the January 2021 Visa Bulletin which is the fourth Visa Bulletin for the FY2021 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the slowing rate of [...]

By |2020-12-23T07:29:55-05:00December 23rd, 2020|Articles, EB-2, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

October 2020 Visa Bulletin – Major Movement for EB-2 and EB-3 India and China

The U.S. State Department has just released the October 2020 Visa Bulletin which is the first Visa Bulletin for the FY2021 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the major forward movement [...]

By |2020-09-24T21:11:49-04:00September 24th, 2020|Articles, EB-2, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

EB-2 to EB-3 India Downgrading to Benefit from Earlier Priority Date – How and When to Do It? (Updated)

For many years, it has been a true fact of life that an Indian-born applicant can obtain a green card faster under the higher EB-2 preference category (requiring master’s degree or [...]

By |2020-09-28T08:22:14-04:00September 24th, 2020|AAO, AOS, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

June 2020 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 India Advances Significantly; More Good News On the Horizon?

The U.S. State Department has just released the June 2020 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the FY2020 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the significant forward [...]

By |2020-05-21T08:50:29-04:00May 21st, 2020|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

What Happens After I-485 Interview When The Priority Date Is Not Current?

Ever since USCIS started requiring interviews for employment-based I-485 adjustment of status applications in October of 2017, a very common question, especially nationals of India and China whose priority dates are not current is, "What happens to my I-485 after the interview and until my priority date is current?" Interviewed I-485 Cases Normally Transferred to [...]

By |2020-01-08T22:23:41-05:00January 8th, 2020|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert|

August 2019 Visa Bulletin – Cutoff Dates for EB-2 and EB-3 ROW; Additional Retrogression for EB-1

The U.S. State Department has just released the August 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the eleventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the introduction [...]

By |2019-07-11T15:23:25-04:00July 11th, 2019|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

July 2019 Visa Bulletin – FB-2A is Current Allowing I-485 Filings; EB China Advances Well While EB India Unchanged

The U.S. State Department has just released the July 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the tenth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is [...]

By |2019-06-30T16:39:20-04:00June 13th, 2019|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

March 2019 Visa Bulletin – Slow Forward Movement Across Almost All Employment-based Categories

The U.S. State Department has just released the March 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the sixth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the extremely slow forward movement [...]

By |2019-02-15T10:47:14-05:00February 15th, 2019|Articles, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

USCIS To Use “Final Action” Dates for I-485 Filings from February 1st

USCIS has just announced that as of February 1, 2019, they will use the “Final Action” dates in the February 2019 Visa Bulletin for accepting new I-485 adjustment of status applications. This means that applicants who have a [...]

By |2019-01-17T21:47:13-05:00January 17th, 2019|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

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