USCIS Changes 2-year Sustainment Period

Washington, DC, October 12, 2023: USCIS issued a new policy statement providing important new guidance on the EB-5 sustainment period: 1.2-YEAR SUSTAINMENT PERIOD We are providing additional guidance on our interpretation of changes to the EB-5 program in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) made by the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), […]

USCIS Increases Employment Authorization Document Validity Period for Certain Categories to 5 Years

Washington, D.C., September 27, 2022: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services yesterday updated the guidance in the Policy Manual to increase the maximum validity period to 5 years for initial and renewal Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). The change applies to both initial and renewal EAD applications in the affected categories and is in effect for Forms I-765 that […]

EB1 China and India Show Some Progress

October 2023 Visa Bulletin showed EB1 visas for China crawled forward, while EB1 for India moved forward significantly. China’s EB1 Final Action Dates (List A) moved forward two weeks: from February 1, 2022 to February 15, 2022. China’s EB1 Dates for Filing (List B) also moved forward slightly, from June 1, 2022 to August 1, […]

October Visa Bulletin Opens Up EB-5 Dates for Filing for China and India

The October 2023 Visa Bulletin was released on Friday, September 15, 2023 and contained some good news for EB-5 Investors. List B – Dates for Filing Available deneme bonusu The key change is that List B (Dates For Filing) is now available for China and India’s “unreserved EB-5” category. China’s List B (Dates For Filing) […]

Canada Issues 4,300 Invitations in the Fourteenth All-Program Express Entry of 2023

On August 15, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited a total of 4,300 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence in its 14 th All Program draws for this year. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cut-off was 496 Points. Candidates from the Federal Skilled Worker, Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Trades […]

Employment Authorization in Compelling Circumstances

USCIS launches temporary employment authorization to nonimmigrants in compelling circumstances. The nonimmigrant must be the beneficiaries of approved employment-based immigrant visa petitions (Form I-140). This stopgap measure is intended to address certain particularly difficult situations, including those that previously may have forced individuals on the path to lawful permanent residence to abruptly stop working and […]

Canada Introduces Category Specific Express Entry Draws

Last year, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) had announced that Canada’s Express Entry program will be amended to allow occupation-based invitations. The new rules aimed at giving the immigration minister power to identify a specific economic goal and invite candidates who would help meet that goal, based on factors such as work experience, education, […]

Canada Issues 3,500 Invitations in the Seventh All-Program Express Entry of 2023

On April 26, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited a total of 3,500 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence in its 7 th All Program draws for this year. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cut-off was 483 Points. Candidates from the Federal Skilled Worker, Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Trades […]

USCIS Ends COVID Flexibility Policy

Washington, D.C., March 23, 2023: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that certain flexibilities it first announced in March 2020, to address the COVID-19 pandemic will end on March 23, 2023. The COVID Flexibility Policy granted applicants an additional 60 days to respond to Requests for evidence, Notices of Intent to Deny or other […]

Ominous Signs for EB2 and EB3 in April 2023 Visa Bulletin

Washington, D.C., March 23, 2023: The U.S. Department of State just released the April 2023 Visa Bulletin. In this report we highlight the Visa Bulletin’s progress (or retrogression) on key visa categories. EB1 India and China Both countries remain unchanged from the March 2023 Visa Bulletin. The cut-off Final Action Date for EB-1 India and […]