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Downgrading your I-140: When one step back can be two steps forward

Written on 04 October 2019.

Due to significant backlogging of employment-based visa priority dates, for certain individuals it may be of benefit to choose a lower-tiered employment-based visa category to expedite an individual’s ability to file for adjustment of status...

What happens when an I-140 is withdrawn?

Written on 20 September 2019.

When an I-140 is withdrawn, the petitioning company generally avoids any liability they have would toward that I-140 petition, particularly as it relates to ability to pay the Labor Certification wage. Thus, once a company withdraws an I-140 petition--regardless...

Bill Eliminating Employment-Based Per Country Cap Up for Vote in Senate

Written on 18 September 2019.

As you may recall, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019, H.R. 1044, passed the House on July 10, 2019. According to the summary of this bill on Congress.gov, this bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from...

Multiple I-140 Approvals: What happens to my priority date and who can file my green card?

Written on 05 August 2019.

Individuals from those countries facing a Green Card backlog are required to wait years, if not decades, for the Visa Bulletin to inform that priority dates are current and that individual can finally file for a long sought-after Green Card. In that...

EB-2 vs. EB-3: Foreign Degree Equivalencies

Written on 25 July 2019.

Most if not all prospective employment-based immigrants have a robust education and experience background. Often, that education was obtained from a university in a foreign country. However, owing to certain government regulations, in many instances...

Agreement Reached to Eliminate Per Country Quota in U.S. Senate: Priority Dates for Indians to Move to 2016 if this Bill Passes

Written on 21 June 2019.

With respect to the employment-based immigration system, a means to drastically reduce the green card waiting period is for the government to eliminate the per-country cap numerical limitation. In February 2019, Utah Senator Mike Lee introduced to...

Is Your Child Aging Out?

Written on 30 January 2019.

The term “aging out” occurs when a “child” applies for an adjustment of status and/or an extension of nonimmigrant status, but during the adjudication of the application the “child” turns 21 years old and is no longer eligible to receive the requested...