USCIS Shifts Green Card Policy: An Employer’s Guide to Consular Processing

Because employees have routinely been able to adjust status from within the United States, U.S. employers with immigration ...

USCIS memo requiring consular processing for green cards is heading for litigation: adjustment of status for H-1Bs is also disrupted

The Trump administration’s latest immigration policy of recasting ‘adjustment of status’ as an ‘extraordinary’ discretionary benefit and pushing many green card applicants toward consular processing ...

Green card update: Trump admin to resume visa processing for barred nations

The Trump administration is set to restart thousands of frozen green card and asylum cases after a federal court ruling.
techtimes

Green Card Freeze Defied: Judge Orders USCIS to Comply Within 24 Hours

A federal judge on Thursday issued a direct compliance order against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services after the agency appeared to spend a full week ignoring a court ruling that had struck ...
India West

USCIS Hikes Premium Processing Fees From March 1

WASHINGTON, DC- US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced an increase in fees for premium processing of several immigration benefits, including the H-1B visa, effective March 1. USCIS said the ...
The Financial Express

Will EB-5 investors applying for US green cards be exempt from new USCIS consular processing memo?

USCIS has directed its officers to apply adjustment of status, as a matter of discretion and administrative grace and only as an extraordinary relief.
Columbus Dispatch

EB-3 Visa Bulletin 2026: Priority Dates, Processing Times, and Realistic Expectations

The timeline depends on several factors, including PERM processing times, USCIS petition review, country of chargeability, and Visa Bulletin movement. Some applicants may experience longer timelines ...