In brief — what the ruling means for you On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that nearly every child born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen at birth—including children whose parents are in the country unlawfully…
On June 18, 2024, President Biden announced a major new policy aimed at assisting long-time undocumented immigrants, specifically focusing on spouses of U.S. citizens. This policy introduces a new process called “parole in place,” which is designed to help keep…
As part of the agreement to settle the Edakunni class action lawsuit challenging H-4 and L-2 adjudication delays, on January 20, 2023, USCIS agreed to resume bundling the adjudication of Form I-539 and Form I-765 for the spouses and minor children of H-1B and…
USCIS has stated the dates for early filing chart can be used for all employment and family categories, except for family-based F2A (Spouses and children of Permanent Residents) who must use the final action dates chart. As F2A is current…
The U.S. Government can only give out a limited number of Green Cards (or Immigrant Visas or visa numbers) every year: 226,000 for Family-Based immigrants and; 140,000 for Employment-Based immigrants. The law limitshow many can be used for each country and each category. However, there may be additional visas in some fiscal years, as some unused visa numbers from the prior fiscal year can get carried over to the next fiscal year. The U.S.Government uses the Visa Bulletin to keep track of visa numbers and to give you a tool to determine when you can file your case and when your case can be approved. TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW TO USE DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S (DOS) VISA BULLETIN Priority Date: The “Received Date” of I-130 or I-140 Immigrant Petition at USCIS. (One exception is if your I-140 is based on a Labor Certification, then it’s the LC…
