The January 2014 visa bulletin was published this week. Sadly, it did not bring glad tidings of great joy, especially for India/EB-2. The Department of State’s Visa Office has recently provided the following information on recent demand in the empl…
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The December visa bulletin shows that the priority date for China EB-2 is 11/8/2008, while the priority date for China EB-3 is 10/1/2011 – almost three years ahead! This is an unusual circumstance. Most of the time the EB-2 classification is a fast…
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The Sumner Immigration Law team was thrilled that the U.S. government reopened on October 17th. While USCIS was still open, the vast majority of our filings (employment-based filings) were impacted by the government closure. Here’s what happened, t…
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(Updated October 2023) The holiday travel season is coming up soon, and that means travel, and for many foreign nationals, it means arranging for H-1B stamping! Foreign nationals here on a nonimmigrant visa such as H-1B must also make sure their visa…
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We have posted here a nonimmigrant visa chart, which outlines the most commonly used temporary visa classifications for the United States including the major requirements and limitations. We hope you find this helpful. As always, please keep in mind…
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(Updated 10/1/2025) As of today, October 1, the U.S. government is shutdown. Fortunately, this does not mean that all is lost (or on hold) for U.S. immigration filings. USCIS: USCIS is open and operating. This means that the government shutdown shoul…
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As per my earlier post, USCIS issued many RFEs for pending employment-based I-485s (applications for adjustment of status, or green card applications) this summer in anticipation of the priority dates for those cases becoming current. We know that ou…
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Act Fast to Take Advantage of What May be a Narrow Window of Opportunity and Secure Your Chance for Permanent Residence! The long-awaited and much-anticipated visa bulletin for August 2013 was published today! We are happy to report that previous pre…
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On Thursday June 27th, the U.S. Senate passed its comprehensive immigration reform bill. However, keep in mind that there is no change in immigration law as a result of this vote. While it is an important first step, and greatly increases the chances…
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Since the beginning of the year, the air has been buzzing with prospects of comprehensive immigration reform. Remember, there are no changes in the law yet, but things seem to be moving along in Congress, at least on the Senate side. Here is the late…
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