Effect of B-2/B-1 Extensions
Working Outside USA While in GC or H-1 Process
Consular Interviews for Employment-Based Green Cards
Priority date retrogression -- consequences and concerns
Please see Rajiv's comments on Priority Date Retrogression.
http://forums.immigration.com/entry.php?303-Priority-date-retrogression-consequences-and-concerns
Accreditation of distance education for EB-2
EB-2 National Interest Waivers
The NIW Standards can be reviewed at:
https://www.immigration.com/blogs/new-standards-national-interest-waiver-dhanasar-case
Green Card
EB-1 Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researchers/Professors, International Managers/Executive
Under the various employment based categories, Category I based permanent residency is the most difficult to obtain. Initially, the foreign national must determine if he/she is eligible for lawful permanent residency according to the USCIS guidelines.
An applicant filing an EB1 alien of extraordinary ability application may self-petition, but an applicant filing under outstanding researcher and/or professor and multinational manager must have a sponsoring employer.
Green Card
H-1B: Person in Specialty Occupation
This nonimmigrant classification applies to people who wish to perform services in a specialty occupation, services of exceptional merit and ability relating to a Department of Defense (DOD) cooperative research and development project, or services as a fashion model of distinguished merit or ability.
Rajiv's Comments in Financial Express - Lied on your Green Card? Immigration attorney answers why old paperwork errors’ are now grounds for deportation
Published by: Financial Express - January17, 2026
https://www.financialexpress.com/business/investing-abroad-lied-on-green-card-appetite-for-enforcement-has-changed-attorney-warns-old-errors-are-triggering-deportations-4108425/
Quotes and Excerpts from Rajiv in the article: