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The "no blank space" rule rejection has been eliminated. Under the new rule, an individual whose form was rejected under the “No Blank Space” rule rejection policy may resubmit…

In the September 2021 Chats with Charlie, Charlie Oppenheim participates in a question and answer session. For this month, he stated the fiscal year 2021 and the upcoming fiscal…

A D.C. Federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of State to issue an additional 9,095 diversity visas. The Department had stopped processing visas for certain winners of the 2020…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) will publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the current asylum procedures.…

A permanent labor certification issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) allows an employer to hire a foreign worker to work permanently in the United States. The process has…

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released the September 2021 Visa Bulletin, the last visa bulletin in this fiscal year. USCIS has determined and announced…

According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), they are on track to approve more employment-based adjustment of status applications since the fiscal year 2005. As…

When a qualified company petitions a nonimmigrant manager or executive employee under the EB-1C category, the One-in-Three-Year Rule applies under a different scope and USCIS will…

With many non-immigrant workers working remotely from home due to ongoing COVID pandemic requirements and “shelter-in-place” requirements, USCIS has adjusted the required site…

As a result of the global pandemic, there was an unprecedented number of Employment-Based Adjustment of Status (AOS) applications filed in October and November 2020. Applicants…