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AC21 Green Card Portability

A foreign national may wait years to receive an employment-based green card. While the green...

Forewarned is Forearmed: Best Practices for Traveling Permanent Residents

Traveling as a Green Card Holder: What You Need to Know There are two issues for US legal permanent...

Twelve Ways to Prepare for Reform Even if You are “Legal”

Immigration Reform – and Government Slowdowns – Ahead! START NOW TO AVOID THE DELAYS! Immigration reform is...

December Visa Bulletin: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The December visa bulletin has just been published, and it brings this news to the...

Do I Have to Use an Attorney to Apply for Citizenship in the US?

Today is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day in the United States! The day marks the...

When Will I Ever Get My Green Card?!

What Happened to the October Visa Bulletin? The October visa bulletin was posted earlier this...

Big Opportunity Coming in October for Your Green Card Filing – Get Started Now!

The new fiscal year starts in October for USCIS and Department of State, and with...

Thinking of Filing for a Fast-Track Green Card? Strategies for the Visa Bulletin Blues

It is old news by now that the June visa bulletin shows that the EB-2...

Help! I think my priority date may never become current!

With the visa bulletin showing major retrogressions, and unavailability in some categories, many foreign nationals...

Some I-485 Application for Permanent Residence Filings Rejected in Error

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has just reported that several I-485 applications for permanent...

AILA Citizenship Day is Coming to Richmond!

Each year, the American Immigration Lawyers Association sponsors “Citizenship Day” in which workshops are held...

What is the current AAO processing time?

The Administrative Appeals Office adjudicates immigration cases that have been appealed from a denial by...