adjustment of status

Immigration

Exceptions to the Bars to Adjustment of Status

While not all noncitizens who appear to qualify to apply for a green card through Adjustment of Status will actually qualify due to the fact that the noncitizen may be exposed to an underlying bar to the Adjustment of Status…

Khadija DerrickFebruary 18, 2022

Immigration

Bars to Adjustment of Status

Adjustment of Status is the process where a noncitizen is permitted to apply for legal permanent resident status, a “green card” while present in the United States.

Khadija DerrickFebruary 17, 2022

Immigration

Portability – Changing Jobs while Adjustment of Status is Pending

Portability allows certain employment-based adjustment of status applicants to change jobs. The new job must be in the same or a similar occupational classification.

Khadija DerrickJanuary 28, 2022

Immigration

Portability – Changing Jobs while Adjustment of Status is Pending

Portability allows certain employment-based adjustment of status applicants to change jobs. The new job must be in the same or a similar occupational classification.

Khadija DerrickDecember 17, 2021

Immigration

Qualifying for adjustment of status pursuant to section 245(i)

Is qualifying for adjustment of status pursuant to section 245(i) of the immigration laws still possible if the I-130 reflects a priority date after April 30, 2001?

Khadija DerrickOctober 5, 2021

Immigration

What is a Supplement J?

When filing an employment based Adjustment of Status, you may also have to submit a Supplement J form.

Khadija DerrickSeptember 24, 2021

Immigration PERM

PERM Process: When Should I File I-140 & I-485 Petitions?

The US company should file the I-140 petition within 180 day period after the Labor Certification was certified.

Khadija DerrickSeptember 23, 2021

Immigration

I Have an Advance Parole, Do I Need a National Interest Exception?

If you have a green card petition pending and you obtained your Advance parole card based for example on marriage to U.S. citizen or green card holder, you do not need to apply for a National Interest Exception.

Khadija DerrickJuly 14, 2021

Immigration

Adjustment of Status Work Permits Extended to Two Years

USCIS has announced on June 11, 2021 that work permits (employment authorization cards) for those applying for adjustment of status can now be issued for a maximum of two year.

Khadija DerrickJune 30, 2021

Approvals Immigration

Immediate Relative Adjustment of Status Approved!

We just had an Adjustment of Status approval with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The applicant is a father of a U.S. citizen.

Khadija DerrickMay 25, 2021

Deportation & Humanitarian Immigration Family Immigration Immigration

Adjustment of Status under the benefit of section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

I currently have no legal immigration status in the United States and after years of working with my current employer, my current employer wants to help me obtain my green card. Is it true that I might be able to…

Vojo VrchakovskiFebruary 16, 2021

Deportation & Humanitarian Immigration H-1B and E-3 Visa Immigration White House & President Immigration News

What impact will a Biden/Harris administration have on current immigration policy?

On November 7, 2020, Joseph R. Biden Jr. became the President-elect of the United States & Kamala Harris became the United States Vice President-elect. For the past four years President Trump’s administration has made a series of drastic changes to…

Jenny ZhanNovember 9, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration

What is advance parole? When would I need to apply for advance parole?

If you are applying for a green card either through a family or employment basis, it may take several months (or even years, depending on your basis for filing the green card application) for USCIS to adjudicate your Adjustment of…

Jenny ZhanAugust 27, 2020

COVID-19

What Will Happen if USCIS Furloughs 70 Percent of Their Staff?

USCIS announced that its planning to furlough of 70% of its employees on August 31 unless Congress acts on the agency’s $1.2 billion emergency funding request. Since March, USCIS has seen a 50% drop in receipts and incoming fees and…

Jenny ZhanAugust 21, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration

Department of Homeland Security Public Charge Rule Reinstated for all States Except for Vermont, Connecticut, and New York

On July 30, 2020, New York District Court Judge George Daniels issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on the public charge rules. On August 12, 2020, a Second Circuit Court of Appeals order limited the nationwide injunction to Vermont, Connecticut, and New…

Jenny ZhanAugust 18, 2020

News

USCIS’ Planned Furlough of Employees Delayed Until August 31

USCIS announced on Friday that it has delayed it planned furlough of 70% of its employees for another month until August 31. USCIS wants to give Congress more time to act on the agency’s $1.2 billion emergency funding request. Since…

Jenny ZhanJuly 28, 2020

COVID-19

Huge Backlog in Green Card and Work Authorization Card Production

In June 2020, USCIS ended an outside contract with a company that produced secure cards such as green cards and employment authorization cards. USCIS has moved this service to its internal employees. However, given the reduced number of workers due…

Jenny ZhanJuly 23, 2020

COVID-19

Update on USCIS Furlough of Employees

USCIS has issued furlough notices to 70% of its workforce at the end of June. USCIS is a for profit agency that uses application fees to fund the agency and its employees. At the current moment, there are approximately 20,000…

Jenny ZhanJuly 13, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration

I worked unauthorized in the U.S. Can I adjust my status if I married a U.S. citizen?

Let’s analyze the following scenario: You are currently in the U.S. on a non-immigrant visa (e.g. F-1 visa) and you are planning to file an Adjustment of Status application. In the past, while you were in the U.S. on F-1…

Jenny ZhanJuly 2, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration

What is I-944 form? What evidence do I have to submit with the I-944 form? When do I have to submit the I-944 form?

The I-944 form is used by a green card applicant to demonstrate that he/she is not inadmissible based on the public charge ground of inadmissibility. A green card applicant is inadmissible based on a public charge ground if he/she is…

Jenny ZhanJuly 1, 2020

Immigration News

USCIS Planning to Furlough 70 Percent of Employees

A USCIS spokesperson has announced that the agency is planning to furlough nearly 70% of its workforce as it faces budget shortfalls as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Since March, USCIS has seen a 50% drop in receipts and…

Jenny ZhanJune 25, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration

What is a transfer of underlying basis request? What factors does USCIS consider when adjudicating the transfer requests for Green Cards?

Let’s analyze the following scenario: Your employer filed an employment based petition (I-140) and you filed an Adjustment of Status application based on the approved employment-based petition. Your green card petition is currently pending and you now married a U.S.…

Jenny ZhanFebruary 17, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration

What should I know when entering the U.S. on Advance Parole? What is a Secondary Inspection?

If your green card application is pending and you need to travel outside the U.S., you have to have an Advance Parole card. There are couple things you should keep in mind when entering the U.S. on your Advance Parole…

Jenny ZhanFebruary 10, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration Immigration Law Changes & New Law

Can I change My Adjustment of Status Application from an Employment-Based Petition (I-140) into a Family-Based Petition (I-130)? What Are the Eligibility Requirements?

Interfiling is an administrative procedure described in the USCIS Policy Manual. It is possible for an applicant whose application is based on a particular immigration category (either family or employment based) to have the pending application considered under another category,…

Jenny ZhanFebruary 3, 2020

Immigration

FY 2020 Diversity Visa Winners Selected

U.S. Statement Department have announced that they have chosen the winners of the FY 2020 Diversity Visa Lottery. The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program makes up to 50,000 green cards available annually, drawn from random selection among all entries to individuals…

Jenny ZhanMay 10, 2019

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Exceptions to the Bars to Adjustment of Status

Bars to Adjustment of Status

Portability – Changing Jobs while Adjustment of Status is Pending

Portability – Changing Jobs while Adjustment of Status is Pending

Qualifying for adjustment of status pursuant to section 245(i)

What is a Supplement J?

PERM Process: When Should I File I-140 & I-485 Petitions?

I Have an Advance Parole, Do I Need a National Interest Exception?

Adjustment of Status Work Permits Extended to Two Years

Immediate Relative Adjustment of Status Approved!

Adjustment of Status under the benefit of section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

What impact will a Biden/Harris administration have on current immigration policy?

What is advance parole? When would I need to apply for advance parole?

What Will Happen if USCIS Furloughs 70 Percent of Their Staff?

Department of Homeland Security Public Charge Rule Reinstated for all States Except for Vermont, Connecticut, and New York

USCIS’ Planned Furlough of Employees Delayed Until August 31

Huge Backlog in Green Card and Work Authorization Card Production

Update on USCIS Furlough of Employees

I worked unauthorized in the U.S. Can I adjust my status if I married a U.S. citizen?

What is I-944 form? What evidence do I have to submit with the I-944 form? When do I have to submit the I-944 form?

USCIS Planning to Furlough 70 Percent of Employees

What is a transfer of underlying basis request? What factors does USCIS consider when adjudicating the transfer requests for Green Cards?

What should I know when entering the U.S. on Advance Parole? What is a Secondary Inspection?

Can I change My Adjustment of Status Application from an Employment-Based Petition (I-140) into a Family-Based Petition (I-130)? What Are the Eligibility Requirements?

FY 2020 Diversity Visa Winners Selected

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