As many of you are already aware, the delayed October 2020 visa bulletin is finally out and it is good news. This fiscal year, there are 261,500 employment-based visas, compared to the usual allotted 140,000. This is as a direct result of an infusion of the unused family-based numbers from FY2020. USCIS has also confirmed...
Chris Prescott
Oct122020
As many of you are well aware, USCIS processing times seem to be getting longer and longer for a variety of cases. A potential way around these long processing times is to submit an expedite request. To qualify for an expedite, you must meet one of the following criteria: Severe financial loss to a company...
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Oct122020
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Oct122020
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Sep242020
There has been so much back and forth with Trump’s public charge rule that it’s difficult to keep up with the current status quo. In February of this year the Trump administration started to implement its public charge rule, requiring officers to make a prospective determination as to whether an intending immigrant is likely to...
As most of you will be aware President Trump issued two Proclamations, one in April and the second one in June of this year. The first Proclamation suspended entry of Immigrants into the U.S. for 60 days for those without a valid visa or travel document. The second Proclamation extended the first one through December...
One of the requirements to obtain an I-140 approval is that the Employer demonstrates the financial ability to pay the proffered wage from the priority date until the foreign national receives their green card, showcasing their capability in proving financial ability. The priority date for EB-2 and EB-3 is established based on the date the...