by Rani Emandi | Jan 5, 2021
The EB-5 visa, employment-based fifth preference category, or EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program, created in 1990 by the Immigration Act of 1990, provides a method for eligible Immigrant Investors to become lawful permanent residents. The immigrant investor has to...
by Rani Emandi | Dec 30, 2020
Currently, applicants have experienced delays in scheduling or rescheduling application support center (ASC) appointments to collect biometrics. Several variables including demand and capacity at individual ASCs have affected the current processing times. We, at...
by Rani Emandi | Dec 21, 2020
The U.S. Department of State suspended routine visa services worldwide in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2020, U.S. Embassies and Consulates began a phased resumption of routine visa services but is unable to provide a specific date for when each...
by Rani Emandi | Dec 8, 2020
Nonimmigrants welcomed the news on December 1, 2020, in Chamber of Commerce, et al., v. DHS, et al., wherein the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California overturned the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) and Department of Labor’s...
by Rani Emandi | Dec 1, 2020
According to the Visa Bulletin’s “Dates for Filing” for December month, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on November 23, 2020, that it will accept all employment-based Forms I-485,Applications to Register Permanent...
by Rani Emandi | Nov 10, 2020
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) hasannouncedthat it will honor the State Department’s Dates for Filing chart for adjustment of status filings in November. To be eligible to file an employment-based adjustment application in November,...
