On May 19, 2021, the Department of State officially rescinded a Trump era H-1B regulation that would have tightened the criteria for the H-1B program.
Khadija DerrickJuly 1, 2021
On January 27, 2020, the Supreme Court lifted a nationwide injunction blocking the new public charge rule initially slotted to take effect on October 15, 2019. Starting on February 24, 2020, the new public charge rule will take effect in…
Jenny ZhanJanuary 31, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security and Department of State have announced the planned publication dates for proposed changes to several different visa categories. Here is what we can look forward to in the coming year. H-1B Visas Planned publication date:…
Jenny ZhanDecember 4, 2019
In the newly released 2018 visa bulletin, EB-2 and EB-3 visas have restored to current worldwide expect for China, the Philippines, and India after it was retrogressed for almost 2 years in September’s bulletin. Every year, Congress sets limits on…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 13, 2018
Announced in the September Visa Bulletin, Employment-Based Immigration: Second Preference (EB-2) visa have retrogressed for all countries except India to January 1, 2013, India has retrogressed to January 1, 2007. This is effective immediately and will remain through September 30,…
Jenny ZhanAugust 9, 2018
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on April 11, 2018 that, due to high demand, a cutoff date of July 22, 2014 will be applied for Vietnamese EB-5 applications. Every year, Congress sets limits on the number of…
Jenny ZhanApril 13, 2018
By law, there is a quota on the number of people who can be granted permanent resident status (green card) in any given year. Once the quota has been used up, the applicant must wait until a spot becomes available.…
Jenny ZhanMarch 28, 2018
