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A. DOS currently estimates that the FY 2023 employment-based annual limit will be approximately 197,000, due to approximately 57,000 unused family-sponsored visa numbers from FY 2022 being added to the employment-based limit for FY 2023.

Policy changes, like those made during the Trump administration, can greatly affect how long it takes for USCIS to do its work. One big change was that application forms, especially for employment authorization documents, got longer and more complicated.

If there have been unreasonable delays in your case, you may file a complaint against the Immigration Service in the Federal Court, and the Court can force the Immigration Service to make a decision in your case.

This comprehensive, bipartisan bill addresses border security, border infrastructure, grants legal status to undocumented immigrants already living in the United States with the possibility of earning citizenship, establishes new pathways for asylum seekers, and creates new legal pathways for economic migrants and ...

The cut-off dates for the Dates of Final Action Chart for October 2023 are as follows: EB-1: All countries of chargeability except China and India are now current. The cut-off date 3 for China moves forward to February 15, 2022, and for India it progresses to January 1, 2017.

There were no changes in wait times for all family-based and employment- based green card applicants in November, compared to last month (October).

The bill establishes a roadmap to citizenship for undocumented noncitizens by allowing them to apply for temporary legal status (“Lawful Prospective Immigrant Status”), with the opportunity to apply for lawful permanent residence (i.e., “green card”) after five years if they pass criminal and national security ...