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Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of Visa Control at the State Department, has confirmed that, effective March 23, 2012, no further EB-2 visas will be authorized for China-mainland born and India applicants with priority dates of August 15, 2007, or later. Visa applicants processing in April at consulates abroad will still receive visas, as those numbers were allocated before the cut-off date was established. Mr. Oppenheim understands that USCIS will continue to accept applications for adjustment of status for aliens with priority dates prior to the date established in the April 2012 Visa Bulletin.
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DOS Confirms China-Mainland Born and India EB-2 Visa Retrogression as of March 23, 2012
April 5th, 2012 
Tushar Mathur 
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Comments OffEB-5 Investor Visa: Sources of Capital
March 7th, 2012 Tushar Mathur The U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act sets aside 7.1% worldwide visa numbers to qualified immigrants seeking to enter the U.S. for the purpose of engaging in a new commercial enterprise. The applicant must either have invested or is in the process of actively investing capital not less than U.S. $1,000,000 in the enterprise. This is commonly known as the EB-5 investor visa. Other categories of immigrant visa are usually oversubscribed for countries such as China and India. For instances, many family-based petitions, including those filed by U.S. citizens, are currently backlogged. The EB-2 and EB-3 employment visa categories are similarly oversubscribed.
Posted in Green Card Tags: Adjudication, affidavit of support, Capital Investment, Cash Equivalents, Cash Investment, Commercial Enterprise, EB-5, Employment Visa, Green Card, Immigrant Visa, Immigration And Nationality, Immigration And Nationality Act, Investment Areas, Investor Visa, Petitions, Restaurant Owner, Tangible Property, Target, Visa Categories, Visa Numbers, Visa Program, Visa Requirements Comments OffNew hope for foreigners who are subject to the three/ten year bar
January 10th, 2012 Tushar Mathur A new proposal by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) brings new hope to foreigners who are subject to the three and ten year bars because of their unlawful presence in the United States. Rather than leaving the United States to apply for a waiver at an overseas consulate office, these foreigners would be allowed to have their waiver pre-adjudicated by the USCIS in the United States according to the proposal. If their waiver applications are approved, they would still be required to depart the U.S. to apply for immigrant visas to return to the United States.
The 3/10 Year Bar
Section 212(a)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides that any noncitizen who after having been unlawfully present in the United States for 180-364 days and then voluntarily departs the country before they are placed in removal proceedings is not allowed to return to the United States for three (3) years.
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Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Adjudicated, Asylum Applicants, Catch 22, Consular Processing, Department Of Homeland, Department Of Homeland Security, Dhs, Extreme Hardship, Family Unity, Foreigners, Immigrant Visa, Immigrant Visas, Immigration And Nationality, Immigration And Nationality Act, Immigration Policy, New Hope, Removal Proceedings, Resident Spouse, Section 212, Unauthorized immigrants, unlawful presence, Uscis, waiver, Waiver Applications Comments OffU Visa – An important tool for crime victims to obtain legal status
January 6th, 2012 Tushar Mathur Many immigrants in the United States are hesitant to approach police and other law enforcement officers when they become crime victims. For people who are in the U.S. without legal status, they try to avoid contacts with police officers for fear that their illegal status may be exposed. Even legal immigrants are sometimes afraid to approach police in the U.S. because of cultural differences and language barriers. Most of them do not know that there exists a special visa designed for victims of certain crimes called the U visa.
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Posted in Green Card Tags: Adjustment Of Status, Continuous Presence, Crime Victims, Criminal Investigations, Cultural Differences, Domestic Violence, Eligibility Requirements, Illegal Status, Immediate Family Members, Immigrant Visa, Immigrants In The United States, Immigration Status, Language Barriers, Law Enforcement Agencies, Law Enforcement Officials, Legal Immigrants, Nonimmigrant Status, Status Women, U visa, Unmarried Children, Violence Prevention Act, Visa, Visa Holder, Visa Petition Comments OffChennai will no longer process Immigrant Visa petitions as of January 1, 2012.
January 6th, 2012 Tushar Mathur “Important Announcement: The U.S. Consulate General in Chennai will no longer process Immigrant Visa petitions as of January 1, 2012. The U.S. Consulate General in Chennai will no longer process Immigrant Visa petitions as of January 1, 2012. The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and U.S. Consulate in Mumbai will become the only acceptance centers in India for Immigrant Visas.
The Immigrant Visa allows an individual to live and work in the United States on a permanent basis, as well as provides the immigrant the opportunity to work towards U.S.
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Posted in Green Card Tags: Chennai, Citizenship, Clarification, Consular Processing, Contact, Department of State (DOS), Dependents, Employer Category, Family Reunification, Immigrant Visa, Immigrant Visa Petitions, Immigrant Visas, Important Announcement, India, January 1, New Delhi, Opportunity, Parents, Siblings, State Gov, Visa Processing Comments OffImportant issues about the filing of I-485 adjustment application
December 23rd, 2011 Tushar Mathur The cutoff dates for employment based 2nd preference immigrant visa for China and India have advanced significantly for the past three months. Since November 2011, the cutoff dates have leaped forwarded by more than 17 months to January 1, 2009. The rapid advancement means that many EB-2 professionals and advance degree holders are able to submit their I-485 application to adjust status to that of legal resident of the United States. Simultaneously the applicant may also apply for a general employment authorization document (EAD) and a travel document. Upon approval of the I-485 application, the applicant will receive her permanent resident card (or green card). There are some important issues related to this last step of the immigration process.
First and foremost, an applicant must ensure that she is not subject to any grounds of inadmissibility that would cause the denial of her green card. The U.S.
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Posted in Green Card Tags: Adjustment Application, Adjustment Of Status, Advance Degree, Backgroun, Communicable Disease, Criminal Offenders, Cutoff Dates, Degree Holders, Department Of Homeland Security, Eb, Employment Authorization Document, General Employment, I 485, Immigrant Visa, Immigration Laws, Narrow Exceptions, Permanent Resident Card, Permanent Resident Status, Rapid Advancement, Removal Proceedings, Travel Document, Turpitude Comments OffBIA held F2A visa beneficiaries may not "opt out" of automatic conversion to F1
October 6th, 2011 Tushar Mathur The Board of Immigration Appeal (BIA) has just held that a visa beneficiary is not allowed to retain his F2A preference status by opting out of automatic conversion to the F1 category as a son of a United States citizen upon his parent’s naturalization. Matter of ZAMORA-MOLINA, ID 3729, 25 I&N Dec. 606 (BIA 2011)
The mother of the beneficiary son filed a visa petition on his behalf when he was under the age of 21. However, while the case was waiting for a visa number, the son turned 21 and, subsequently, the mother became a naturalized citizen.
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Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Adjustment Of Status, Attorney General, Automatic Conversion, Beneficiaries, Beneficiary, Bia, Child Status Protection Act, Constitutional Issues, Controversial Issue, CSPA, Current Cut, Family Immigration, Immigrant Visa, Immigration, Molina, Naturalization, Naturalized Citizen, Petitioner, Preference Category, Section 6, Unmarried Child, Visa Number, Visa Petition, Zamora Comments OffUSCIS proposes rule to process EB-5 immigrant petitions filed between 1995 and 1998
September 28th, 2011 Tushar Mathur Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Alien Entrepreneur, Authorization Act, Dependents, EB-5, Fifth Preference, Foreign Investors, Form I 485, Immigrant Investors, Immigrant Petition, Immigrant Petitions, Immigrant Visa, investment visa, Job Creation, Justice Appropriations, Mso, Permanent Residence, Sept 27, Style Definitions, Style Name, Times New Roman, Uscis, Visa Classification Comments OffSponsors:
