We posted here about recent changes to the way the U.S. Department of State determines immigrant visa availability under the statutory system of preference categories and per-country quotas. The Department’s Visa Bulletin now provides two cut-off dates – one governing when an I-485 application to adjust status to permanent residence may be filed (‘Dates for Filing Applications’) and one governing when a pending I-485 may be approved.
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC We previously posted here about unconfirmed reports of a possible change to the way the U.S. Department of State determines immigrant visa availability under the statutory system of preference categories and per-country...
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC According to a news item posted online on September 3, 2015 by the National Law Review, there may soon be a change to the way the U.S. Department of State determines immigrant visa availability under the statutory system...
Under the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000 (AC21), a foreign national who has an approved I-140 petition and whose Adjustment of Status application has been filed and has remained unadjudicated for 180 days or more may accept a job with a new employer, or accept a different job with the same employer, as long as the new job is in the same or a similar occupational classification as the job for which the I-140 petition was originally filed. This ability to move between the same or similar positions is referred to “portability.”
