On January 22, 2025, the USCIS waived the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for adjustment of status applicants. Read More Revised Form I-129 Takes Effect on January 17, 2025 January 8, 2025 The USCIS is replacing the 04/01/24 edition of the Form I-129 with a new edition that refle...
Form I-485 (Green Card Application) Applying for a green card from within the United States (through a process called “Adjustment of Status”) Relative seeking a green card $1440; $950 if you’re under 14. Form I-551 (Permanent Resident Card) Formal designation of green card status Green...
Law office of Alena Shautsova, NYC Immigration lawyers, help immigrants to prepare and submit applications for various immigration benefits, including Asylum, Adjustment of status, U visa, Naturalization, and more. This article discusses recent USCIS fee changes and the impact of these changes. The...
V Nonimmigrant Status I-566Inter-Agency Record of Individual Requesting Change/Adjustment to, or from, A or G Status; or Requesting A, G, or NATO Dependent Employment Authorization I-589Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal ...
Examples of foreign nationals that fall in this category: Foreign nationals that have a pending adjustment of status application, allowing them to be able to re-enter to the U.S. after traveling abroad for business or personal reasons Foreign nationals who have obtained benefits under the Family...
N-600 Certificate of Citizenship Application I-539 Change or Extend Nonimmigrant Status Resources USCIS Case Status B1 Business Visa eBook B2 Tourist Visa eBook USCIS Processing Times Blog News Guides Applying for U.S. Citizenship Getting a Green Card ...
Important:This SOP is not intended to be,and should not be taken as,an authoritative statement of the rules of decision for Form I-485 adjustment of status appl ication cases This SOP is a guide for the consistent processing of Form I-485 adjustment of status appl ication cases The Service...
Processing times for family-based adjustment of status (I-485) applications rose from 7.9 months to 13.2 months—a 67% increase. What is the processing time for MSC? You can expect the total I-485 processing time to be at least 8 to 14 months. It may take four to six weeks for ...
I-824 Action on Approved Application Petition I-751 Petition to Remove the Conditions for Residence I-131 Travel Document Application I-485 Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status I-129F Petition for Alien Fiancé(e) N-600 Certificate of Citizenship Application ...
InMatterofO.Vasquez,25I&NDec.817(BIA2012),theBoardofImmigrationAppeals(the “Board”)confirmedpreviousU.S.CitizenshipandImmigrationServices(USCIS)guidancethat filinganapplicationforadjustmentofstatusoranimmigrantvisameetstherequirementthata beneficiary“soughttoacquire”lawfulpermanentresidencewithinoneyearofvisaavail...