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United States | FEBRUARY 2025 VISA BULLETIN UPDATE

The U.S. Department of State released its Visa Bulletin for February 2025. This monthly update is important if you’re waiting for a green card because it shows how long you might have to wait. In February, there were incremental changes to wait times for employment-based green cards, with India seeing 2-week changes in the EB-2, EB-3, […]

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United States | AUGUST 2024 VISA BULLETIN UPDATE

The U.S. State Department released the August Visa Bulletin, showing that most key employment categories remained the same, with only India advancing under EB-2 and EB-3. PLEASE NOTE: USCIS has not indicated if they will accept adjustment of status applications pursuant to Final Action Dates (Chart A) or Dates of Filing (Chart B) for the employment-based preference filings. For more

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July 2024 Visa Bulletin –Massive Forward/Backward Leaps in Two Categories; Small Advances and Stalls Elsewhere

The July Visa Bulletin brings both ho-hum and completely unexpected news, for both better and worse. Below is a summary that includes Final Action Dates and changes from the previous month, but first – some background if you’re new to these blog posts. If you’re an old hand at the Visa Bulletin, feel free to skip the next paragraph.

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June 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

The Department of State released the June 2024 Visa Bulletin. USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart. All Employment-Based Categories will hold steady and remain unchanged for June under Final Action Dates except EB-3 India which will advance by one week. EMPLOYMENT-BASED (EB) PRIORITY DATE SUMMARY

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