USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Some Categories of Applicants Seeking H-1B Visas WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed premium processing today for all H-1B visa petitions subject to the Fiscal Year year (FY) 2018 cap. The FY 2018 cap has been set at 65,000 visas. Premium processing has also resumed for the…

October 2017 Dates for Filing Family-Sponsored Adjustment of Status Applications:  Family- Sponsored  All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES F1 01JAN12 01JAN12 01JAN12 01NOV96 01OCT07 F2A 01NOV16 01NOV16 01NOV16 01NOV16 01NOV16 F2B 01SEP11 01SEP11 01SEP11 01JAN97 01SEP07  F3 01DEC05 01DEC05 01DEC05 01OCT95 15JUN95 F4 15NOV04 15NOV04 22JUN04 08FEB98 01MAR95   Final Action Dates…

1. Family Based: Dates For Filing Applications “Final Action Date” is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date. Family- Sponsored  All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES  F1 22DEC10 22DEC10 22DEC10 01MAR96 01JAN07 F2A 22OCT15 22OCT15 22OCT15…

On September 1, 2017, the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) updated 9 FAM 302.9-4(B)(3) to provide U.S. consular officers with new guidance relating to the term “misrepresentation” as it relates to aliens in the U.S. “who conduct themselves in a manner inconsistent with representations they made to consular officers concerning their intentions at the time…

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 2017 Announcement On Sept. 5, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiated the orderly phase out of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DHS will provide a limited, six-month window during which it will consider certain requests for DACA and applications for work authorization, under…