Visa Bulletin :: July 2007 :: FAQ #2
USCIS FAQ #2.
Employment-Based Adjustment Applications Filed by Aliens Whose Priority Dates are Current under Department of State July Visa Bulletin No. 107.
Archive for July 2007
Visa Bulletin :: July 2007 :: FAQ #1
USCIS FAQ #1.
Employment-Based Adjustment Applications Filed by Aliens Whose Priority Dates are Current under Department of State July Visa Bulletin No. 107.
Revised Processing Procedures for I-485 Applications
USCIS Update :: Revised Processing Procedures for I-485 Applications.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, beginning immediately, it will accept employment-based applications to adjust status (Form I-485) filed by aliens whose priority dates are current under the July Visa Bulletin, No. 107. USCIS will accept applications filed not later than August 17, 2007. [Read more →]
July 2007 Visa Bulletin :: NY Times Editorial
“…even the most seasoned citizens-in-waiting were stunned by the nasty bait-and-switch the federal bureaucracy pulled on them this month. After encouraging thousands of highly skilled workers to apply for green cards, the government snatched the opportunity away.”
New York Times Editorial, Immigration Malpractice (07/07/2007)
Maintaining the Priority Date of a Previous Employment-based Immigrant Petition
9 FAM 42.53 N3.6 Subsequent Petition in Employment-based Classifications
Unless revoked pursuant to 8 CFR 205.2 for fraud or misrepresentation, a priority date accorded by approval of an employment-based first, second or third preference petition is retained by the beneficiary for any other first, second or third preference petition approved subsequently for the same beneficiary. In all cases, the beneficiary of multiple petitions is entitled to the earliest of the filing dates of the various petitions.
Visa Bulletin :: UPDATE ON JULY VISA AVAILABILITY
The sudden backlog reduction efforts by Citizenship and Immigration Services Offices during the past month have resulted in the use of almost 60,000 Employment numbers. As a result of this unexpected action it has been necessary to make immediate adjustments to several previously announced cut-off dates. All Citizenship and Immigration Services Offices have been notified of the following:
Effective Monday July 2, 2007 there will be no further authorizations in response to requests for Employment-based preference cases. All numbers available to these categories under the FY-2007 annual numerical limitation have been made available.
Employment preference numbers will once again be available to these chargeability areas beginning October 1, 2007, under the FY-2008 annual numerical limitation.
Department of State Publication 9514
CA/VO: July 2, 2007
9 FAM 42.53 N1 DEFINING “PROPERLY FILED”
A petition shall be considered properly filed when the completed, signed petition, including all initial evidence and the correct fee is filed with Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
AILA InfoNet Boolean Search
Advanced (Boolean) Search Examples
| Search Term | Example | Returns Documents Containing: |
| Phrases in quotation marks | “aggravated felony”
(quotes required) |
the phrase “aggravated felony” |
| Asterisk (*) used as Wild Card | “aggravated felon*” | returns such phrases as “aggravated felony”; “aggravated felonies”; “aggravated felons” |
| Near | adjustment near unlawful | The words adjustment and unlawful, if they appear in the document within 25 words of one another. |
| And Not | liaison and not meeting | the word liaison, but not the word meeting |
| And Between Multiple Phrases |
“aggravated felony” and “moral turpitude” | the phrase “aggravated felony” and the phrase “moral turpitude” in the same document |
| Or between Multiple Phrases |
“aggravated felony” or “moral turpitude” | either the phrase “aggravated felony” or the phrase “moral turpitude”-or both |
| Parentheses ( ) for complex searches | (”agg* felon*” OR crime* of violence”) AND (DWI or DUI) | Any combination of aggravated felony/aggravated felonies/etc. or crime of violence that also contains DWI or DUI |