USCIS Updating Policy to Protect Women’s Sports
Release Date
08/04/2025
Policy enhancements aim to prevent aliens who are males from being authorized to participate in women’s sports in the United States
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USCIS Assists in Employment-Based Visa Fraud Investigation Leading to Federal Indictments
Release Date
06/17/2025
DALLAS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a key role in supporting a federal investigation that resulted in the indictment of two Texas residents for their alleged involvement in a large-scale immigration fraud scheme.
DHS Announces Proposals to Attract and Retain Highly Skilled Immigrants
Release Date: May 6, 2014
For Immediate Release
DHS Press Office
Contact: 202-282-8010
WASHINGTON — As part of the Administration’s continuing commitment to attract and retain highly skilled immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the publication of two proposed rules, including a rule to extend employment authorization to spouses of certain H-1B workers, and a proposal to enhance opportunities for certain groups of highly-skilled workers by removing obstacles to their remaining in the United States.
Updated Employment-Based I-485 Inventory as of 4/1/ 2014
The Employment-Based I-485 Inventory pending at the Service Centers and Field Offices has been updated as of 4/1/ 2014.
Guestbook Entry for Ravi Jata , United States
Name
Ravi Jata
Country
United States
State
MN
Guestbook Entry for Christdoss , United States
Name
Christdoss
Country
United States
State
Massachusetts
Immigrant Entrepreneurs Doing Business in the USA (Video Discussion)
Please visit my LinkedIn article posted this morning for a detailed video discussion on this issue with Santosh ji, a member of our immigrant community:
https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/...ails-rr-rmpost
Guestbook Entry for Nirmala Nori , United States
Name
Nirmala Nori
Country
United States
State
Virginia
Guestbook Entry for Nizam A, United States
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Nizam A
Country
United States
State
IL
Guestbook Entry for Ram Naresh Ganti , United States
Name
Ram Naresh Ganti
Country
United States
State
Virginia
Green Card for Nurses
A registered nurse who is coming to the United States to perform labor in covered health care occupations (other than as a physician) and wishes to apply for Immigrant Visa(Permanent Resident Status) is required to have the following:
Employment-Based (EB) Green Card
One of the ways a foreign national (alien) can become a permanent resident is through a permanent employment opportunity in the United States. There are five employment-based preference categories.
Employment - Based I-485 Pending Inventory Updated
The “Pending Employment-Based Form I-485 Report,” displays the total number of pending adjustment of status applications, per preference classification. The report shows how many pending adjustment of status (green card) applications in each preference classification have priority dates in a given month and year. You can use this chart to determine how many applicants in your preference classification have priority dates in the same month and year as your own.
Guestbook Entry for Diamond Information Systems, United States
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Diamond Information Systems
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United States
State
VA
EB-1 Extraordinary Ability
We filed a petition premium processing for a self-petitioning researcher. The petitioner had over 15 years of research experience in the nanotechnology field. He had an extraordinary research career which included 52 scholarly scientific articles with over 1,020 citations of his work. His publications were featured in numerous high impact international journals. In addition to his noteworthy research publications, the petitioner was a highly sought after reviewer for a multitude of prestigious, international scientific journals. He was also selected to an editorial board.
Guestbook Entry for Shine Prasad , United States
Name
Shine Prasad
Country
United States
State
Illinois
Guestbook Entry for Anshul Singh, United States
Name
Anshul Singh
Country
United States
State
California
Pending Employment-Based I-485 Inventory Updated
Please visit this link for the updated Chart for all Employment - Based I-485 Pending Inventory
http://www.immigration.com/chart-all-employment-based-i-485-pending-inv…
USCIS to Begin Premium Processing of H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions by April 28, 2014
The filing period for H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2015 numerical cap begins on April 1, 2014. USCIS will start premium processing of cap-subject H-1B petitions, including petitions seeking an exemption for individuals with a U.S. master’s degree or higher, no later than April 28. This date is based on past levels of premium processing requests and the possibility that the cap will be met in the first five business days of the filing season.