Visa Bulletin Update FY 2024

Posted on by Jay Wu
November 2023 USCIS determined that for November 2023, applicants in all family-sponsored preference categories and all employment-based preference categories must use the Dates for Filing chart. No obvious changes from previous month. October 2023 Final action dates across most employment-based visa categories have seen advancement. This is an encouraging indication that a larger number of visa...

Importance of Verifying Your Green Card Issuance: USCIS May Incorrectly Approve your GC Too Early

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Navigating the labyrinth of immigration procedures is not an easy task, and even when everything is done correctly, errors can still happen. This can sometimes be due to oversights on the part of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This article will focus on one such case, where we represented a client whose Green Card was rescinded due to an error by USCIS. The...

USCIS Revises Visa Availability Approach for Form I-526 Petitions: Aiming for Greater Efficiency and Productivity

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a significant change to its visa availability approach for managing Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor, as part of a continuous effort to boost productivity and improve efficiency in the processing of these petitions. From July 2023, the USCIS Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) will adopt a new strategy in...

An Epic Wait: The Lengthy I-829 Approval Process in the EB-5 Green Card Journey

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The journey towards obtaining a green card via the EB-5 route can often be long and grueling, as evidenced by one of the most recent cases. The applicant in question initially filed their EB-5 I-526 form back on March 14, 2014. After waiting patiently for over three years, they finally received their conditional Green Card on April 24, 2017. The saga didn't end there, though. They then had to...

Proffered Wage Must Exceed State’s Minimum Wage, Not Just the Prevailing Wage (Federal)

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As DOL continues to experience delays in issuing PWD and adjudicating PERM applications, employers must be careful when setting the proposed wage during the PERM process. It must exceed not just the prevailing wage as set by DOL but also exceed the state's (where worksite is located) minimum wage. You do not want to wait 1.5 to 2 years for the PERM to be certified only to find that the I-140 was...