Green card processing time is the time it takes from when your green card application is received until you receive your green card in the mail. Your priority date is your place in line for an immigrant visa so that...
Securing a green card grants an individual permanent residency in the United States. Green cards need to be renewed every 10 years. An EB-3 Visa for Skilled Workers, Professionals and Other Workers is an employment-based visa for foreign workers to...
Each fiscal year, the United States issues a set number of employment-based immigration visas that enable foreign workers to obtain LPR status/green cards. The U.S. has a high demand for skilled workers and frequently cannot find American workers with the...
"Compared to native-born citizens, immigrants are more frequently involved in founding companies at all scales." A new study found that immigrants are about 80% more likely to start a firm than U.S.-born citizens; and have about 1% more employees than...
The Biden administration has proposed an emergency measure for a new Russian visa program to give highly educated and skilled Russian STEM workers an opportunity for permanent residence and a new life in America. Thousands of Russian scientists and engineers...
With a growing backlog, including 1.5 million pending requests for work permits, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a temporary 1 1/2 year extension on some work permits, including applicants pending EAD renewals or who will be filing...
Congress has reached an agreement to revive the EB-5 visa program that allows foreign investors to apply for a green card if they invest in U.S. real estate or a business or project. The program has brought over $40 billion...
The annual H-1B visa lottery begins March 1, 2022, for the 2023 H-1B visa lottery fiscal year that begins on October 1, 2022. But what should applicants do if they are not selected in the H-1b lottery, or if their...
The government has recently proposed changes to the H-1B lottery. The H-1B visa is a temporary visa for foreign nationals who want to work and live in the United States for employment in specialty occupations. With an annual cap of...
On January 27, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced the addition of 20,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural visas for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2022. These visas are for U.S. employers that are...
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