On Thursday, November 20, 2014, President Barack Obama announced his Temporary Plans to fix our broken immigration system. The President’s Immigration Accountability Executive Actions will help secure the border, hold nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants accountable and ensure that everyone plays by the same rules. As an Immigration Attorney, I…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the December 2014 Visa Bulletin As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the December 2014 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India remains at 2/15/05; the EB3 date for nationals from India…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the November 2014 Visa Bulletin As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the November 2014 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India retrogressed (moved backwards) from 5/1/09 to 2/15/05; the EB3 date…
I attended an American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) DC Chapter meeting on Wednesday evening in DC, where U.S. State Department, Charles Oppenheim (the man responsible for creating and publishing the monthly Visa Bulletin) informed the audience of the numbers for the November and December 2014 Visa Bulletins. Employment Based 2nd…
After the release of the “Visa Bulletin for October 2014” by the Department of State (DOS) the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) DOS Liaison Committee had a “check-in” with Charles (“Charlie”) Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, DOS. They communicate with Mr. Oppenheim monthly to obtain his…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the October 2014 Visa Bulletin As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the October 2014 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India remains at 5/1/09; the EB3 date for nationals from India…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the September 2014 Visa Bulletin As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the September 2014 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India moving from 1/22/09 to 5/1/09; the EB3 date for nationals…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the August 2014 Visa Bulletin As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the August 2014 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India moving from 9/1/08 to 1/22/09; movement in EB3 date for…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the July 2014 Visa Bulletin As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the July 2014 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India moving from 11/15/04 to 9/1/08; movement in EB3 date for…
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has confirmed with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) that they have stopped authorizing visa numbers for the EB-3 preference category for nationals of China as of 05/09/14. The reason for stopping is that the EB-3 China cutoff date retrogressed from 10/01/2012 in the…