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On May 22, 2026 USCIS published a memo titled “Adjustment of Status is a Matter of Discretion and Administrative Grace, and an Extraordinary Relief that Permits Applicants to Dispense with the Ordinary Consular Visa Process” calling adjustment of status an extraordinary relief and consular processing is the primary way to process immigration to the United […]

Visa bulletin movement can significantly impact employment-based-immigration green card strategy. In some years, rapid advancement in higher preference categories may create opportunities to upgrade, while in others, retrogression may make a downgrade more practical. One notable example occurred in 2020, when unusually high immigrant visa availability led many applicants to consider transferring the underlying basis

USCIS is now implementing Internation Entrepreneur Rule (IER) following December 1, 2017, ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the National Venture Capital Association v. Dukecase. International entrepreneurs can now use American investments and enter through parole, special permission, to set up and grow start-up businesses. IER was scheduled to

Your immigration status in the United States determines your legal rights (/obligations) and eligibility to stay in the country. Immigration law allows for many different immigrant and non-immigrant classifications under which a foreign national may be admitted into the United States. Each such classification attaches with a specific purpose and foreign nationals are admitted into