Visa Bulletin Update FY 2024

February 2024 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. The most notable change is in the F2A category, where the final action dates for most countries moved forward from November 2019 to February 2020. Categories in the employment-based preferences remained...

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

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 This article will focus on one such case, where we represented a client whose Green Card was rescinded due to an error by USCIS.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 Policy Updates Simplified: The Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

We are summarizing the recent policy updates from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regarding the "public charge ground of inadmissibility." What is the Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility? The public charge ground of inadmissibility is a legal term used in immigration law. It refers to a rule that can deny visas, admission, or adjustment of status to people who are...