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Following weeks of uproar, and several days of rumors, the Department of State (DOS) rescinded its July 2nd announcement that employment-based immigrant visas would be unavailable through the remainder of this fiscal year, ending September 30th. The DOS action resulted in a reversion to the July Visa Bulletin issued on June 12th, which showed full availability in all categories except "unskilled workers" (those petitioned for jobs requiring less than a Bachelor's degree or two years of experience).
Based on the reversion, USCIS announced that it would immediately begin accepting Adjustment of Status Applications for available employment-based immigrant visas, and would continue to accept them for a full month, until August 17th. Furthermore, while the new USCIS fee schedule becomes effective on July 30th, USCIS will continue to accept Adjustment of Status (and related applications) submitted under the existing fee schedule until August 17th.
Please contact your Proskauer Immigration Law professional with any questions.
Proskauer Rose LLP counsels corporate clients and their employees in all areas of immigration, nationality and consular law. This includes obtaining work authorizations and visas to enable companies to hire aliens or transfer personnel between nations; compliance with and defense of anti-discrimination and unlawful immigration practices; and advice and appearances in special circumstance matters such as asylum claims and removal proceedings. Much of the work involves obtaining appropriate non-immigrant or immigrant visas to enable corporations to transfer executives, managers, persons with specialized knowledge or other key personnel temporarily or permanently to the United States.
For more information contact: David Grunblatt
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