On October 29, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced an interim final rule that ends the automatic extension of employment authorization documents (EAD) for certain employment authorization…
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USCIS Implements 2025 Naturalization Test
Categories: 2025 Updates , Civics Test , Immigration Law , Naturalization , U.S. Citizenship , USCIS
On September 17, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the implementation of the 2025 naturalization civics test. Under the new change, all aliens filling for naturalization on…
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USCIS Sets October 2025 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for the Visa Bulletin
Categories: Adjustment of Status , Employment-Based Visas , Family-Based Visas , Immigration Law , Immigration News , Pasricha & Patel , Priority Dates , USCIS , Visa Availability , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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USCIS Sets September 2025 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for the Visa Bulletin
Categories: Employment-Based Visa , Family-Based Visa , Immigration , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2026 H-1B Cap
Categories: H-1B Visa , Immigration , Legal Consultation , USCIS
On July 18, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandates 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the…
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USCIS Sets August 2025 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for the Visa Bulletin
Categories: Employment-Based Visas , Family-Based Visas , Immigration , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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USCIS Sets July 2025 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for the Visa Bulletin
Categories: Employment-Based Visas , Family-Based Visas , Immigration , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin.
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USCIS Introduces New Tools to Ensure Voter Eligibility
Categories: election security , USCIS , voter eligibility , voting integrity
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it is partnering with the Social Security Administration, to update the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE), to make…
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USCIS Sets June 2025 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for the Visa Bulletin
Categories: Employment-Based Visas , Family-Based Visas , Immigration , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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USCIS Sets May 2025 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for the Visa Bulletin
Categories: Adjustment of Status , Employment-Based Visa , Family-Based Visa , Immigration , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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USCIS Announces Process for Designated Hong Kong Residents to Apply for Work Permits
Categories: Hong Kong , Immigration Law , USCIS , work permits
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has shared new details about how certain Hong Kong residents who are protected by Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) can apply for work…
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USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2026 H-1B Cap
Categories: FY 2026 , H-1B Visa , Immigration Law , Pasricha & Patel , USCIS
On March 31, 2025 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received enough electronic registrations to meet the fiscal year (FY) 2026 H-1B visa cap, including…
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USCIS Sets April 2025 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for the Visa Bulletin
Categories: Employment-Based Visa , Family-Based Visa , Immigration , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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USCIS Sets March 2025 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for the Visa Bulletin
Categories: Employment-Based Visas , Family-Sponsored Visas , Immigration , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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USCIS Announces Fiscal Year 2026 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Period
Categories: H-1B , Immigration , Law Firm , Lawyers , Legal Advice , Registration , USCIS
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 7, 2025,…
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USCIS Updates Policy on EB-2 National Interest Waiver Petitions
Categories: EB-2 , Immigration , Immigration Law , Immigration Policy , National Interest Waiver , USCIS
On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy guidance to clarify how USCIS evaluates eligibility for second preference employment-based category for national interest waiver…
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USCIS Lifts COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Adjustment of Status Applicants
Categories: Attorneys , Legal Advice , Legal Services , Startup Law , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Starting January 22, 2025, USCIS will no longer require applicants for adjustment of status to submit proof of receiving the COVID-19 vaccination as part of their medical exam. Previously, applicants…
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Updated Filing Procedures for Form I-140
Categories: immigration attorneys , Law Firm , Lawyers , Legal Advice , Legal Services , USCIS
On January 13, 2025, the USCIS announced updated filing procedures for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers. These changes are in response to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)…
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USCIS Sets February 2025 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for the Visa Bulletin
Categories: Attorneys , Immigration Law , Law Firm , Lawyers , USCIS , Visa Bulletin
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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New H-1B Modernization Rule
Categories: F-1 , H-1B Visa , immigration attorneys , Immigration Law , Law Firm , Legal Advice , USCIS
In December of 2024, USCIS announced a final rule that will be making significant changes to the H-1B nonimmigrant visa category. According to the USCIS, the purpose of said changes…
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