Tagged #visa-bulletin
Every article we've published on this topic, sorted by the agency's own announcement date.
When to File Your Adjustment of Status Application for Family-Sponsored or Employment-Based Preference Visas: August 2026
USCIS guidance on which visa bulletin charts to use for adjustment of status filings in August 2026: Dates for Filing for family-sponsored applicants, Final Action Dates for employment-based applicants.
USCIS Tightens Adjustment of Status Approval Standards in July; Visa Caps Reached for EB-2 India
The Trump administration imposed stricter green card approval criteria in July 2026, including tighter visa limits, enhanced technical review, and discretionary adjustment of status standards that require individualized case assessment beyond basic eligibility.
July 2026 Green Card Changes: Visa Caps and Signature Rule
Two major policy shifts take effect in July 2026: employment-based visa caps freeze approvals in key categories through September, and a new DHS rule tightens signature enforcement on USCIS filings with post-acceptance denial authority.
July 2026 Visa Bulletin – Mixed Movement in Employment, Gains for Family-Based
State Department released July 2026 Visa Bulletin with advancement in EB-1 China, EB-3 categories, and family-sponsored visas, but EB-2 India becomes unavailable and EB-1 India retrogresses further.
EB-5 Visa Cap Hit for Indian Applicants: Unreserved Category Now Exhausted
US exhausts annual EB-5 unreserved visa allocations for Indian nationals; consulates halt new issuances until October 1, 2026. What investors and practitioners need to know.
June 2026 Visa Bulletin—Final Action Dates Required for EB Filings
State Department releases June 2026 Visa Bulletin. USCIS designates Final Action Dates for employment-based adjustment filings; material retrogression for India EB-1 and EB-2; advance for EB-3 China and India.
Visa Bulletin: Final Action Date vs Date for Filing, and When DOS Flips the DFF Toggle
What the two date charts in the monthly Visa Bulletin actually mean, when USCIS lets adjustment applicants use the Dates for Filing chart, and how DOS makes the call.
Visa Bulletin for June 2026: Final Action Dates Required for Employment-Based Filings
The State Department's June 2026 Visa Bulletin sets new priority dates for family and employment-based immigrants, mandates Final Action Dates for EB filings, and flags India EB-2/EB-1 and China EB-2 for potential retrogression or unavailability.
EB-2 ROW, India, and China: Priority-Date Math and Forecasting When a Date Goes Current
How the EB-2 annual cap, per-country limits, and unused-family-preference spillover combine to set the EB-2 cut-off dates for India, China, and the Rest of the World.
Reading the DOS Visa Bulletin: Family vs Employment Charts and the Country Columns
A working guide to the State Department's monthly Visa Bulletin — the family and employment charts, the country columns, and how to translate priority dates into wait estimates.
CSPA Derivative Beneficiaries: How USCIS Calculates the Child's Age Today
The Child Status Protection Act freezes a derivative beneficiary's age — but only if you run the math correctly under the 2023 USCIS policy alert that switched the trigger date.
F2A vs F2B: Aging-Out Math and CSPA's 'Sought to Acquire' Trap
Whether an LPR's unmarried child stays in F2A or converts to F2B is the single most consequential variable in many family cases. Here is the math and the one-year filing trap.
CSPA and the I-130 Derivative Beneficiary: Reading the Statute the Way USCIS Does
The Child Status Protection Act protects an I-130 derivative child from aging out — if the §203(h) formula, the 'sought to acquire' rule, and the 2023 Dates for Filing trigger all line up.
The 'Dates for Filing' Toggle: When USCIS Lets You File I-485 Off the Earlier Chart
How USCIS decides each month whether I-485 applicants may use the Visa Bulletin's Dates for Filing chart rather than Final Action Dates — and what the answer changes about EAD timing and CSPA.
Child Status Protection Act: The § 203(h)(1) Age Calculation, Step by Step
How CSPA's § 203(h)(1) formula freezes a derivative child's age — pending-petition time subtracted from age at visa availability — and the USCIS PM update that broadened it.
Managing Visa Retrogression: AC21 H-1B Extensions, CSPA Age-Outs, and Section 204(j) Porting While EB-2 India Sits at 2013
What practitioners and beneficiaries do during a multi-year priority-date wait — H-1B extensions beyond the sixth year under AC21 §§ 104(c) and 106(a), CSPA age-out calculations under INA § 203(h), I-485 portability under INA § 204(j), and reading the DOS Visa Bulletin.