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Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

August 2025 Visa Bulletin Released: What Employers Need to Know

The Department of State released the August 2025 Visa Bulletin and USCIS has confirmed they will accept the Final Action Dates chart for employment-based Adjustment of Status applications. The Final Action Dates chart notes...more

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Major Updates to Immigration Proceedings Impacting Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants in the U.S.

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On June 12, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially terminated the Biden-era parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV). This DHS notice revokes both their parole and their...more

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February 2025 Visa Bulletin 1-Month Advancement for EB-3 China, and 14-day Progression for EB-2 and EB-3 India

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will be utilizing the final action dates chart for the upcoming February 2025 Visa Bulletin. This update reflects slight progression in priority dates...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

Revised Exchange Visitor Skills List: A Game-Changer for J-1 Visa Holders from China, India, and Beyond

The U.S. Department of State has announced a major update to the Exchange Visitor Skills List, effective December 9, 2024. This is the first significant revision in 15 years and removes the two-year home-residency requirement...more

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June 2024 Visa Bulletin Shows No Advancement in Employment-Based Categories

The June 2024 Visa Bulletin shows no forward movement in employment-based preference categories, but retrogression could occur soon, according to the U.S. Department of State....more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

March 2024 Immigration Visa Bulletin Released

The Department of State released the March 2024 Visa Bulletin. In March, USCIS will accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the more modest Final Action Dates chart for the first time this fiscal...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

U.S. Ends Preferential Immigration Treatment for Hong Kong

On July 14, 2020, the Trump Administration issued an executive order ending differential treatment for Hong Kong under U.S. law. The order, effective immediately, directs government agencies to amend regulations within 15...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Immigrant Visa Processing Changes – EB2/3 India Advances Minimally; EB2 China Will Advance, But EB3 China Will Retrogress; EB3...

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In our continuing series of reports, Charles (“Charlie”) Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, U.S. Department of State, shares his most recent analysis of current trends and future projections for the...more

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EB-5 Retrogresses By Two Years in May 2015 for Nationals of China

The Department of State has released its Visa Bulletin for May 2015 and, as predicted back in October 2014 by Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, Charles Oppenheim, the EB-5 category will retrogress for...more

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