As the ongoing conflict in Lebanon and the Middle East intensifies, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced additional humanitarian relief for certain Lebanese nationals in the U.S.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its November 2024 Visa Bulletin. This month, we see forward movement in most of the family-based immigrant visa categories. However, there is no movement in any employment-based immigrant visa categories. Fortunately, none of the categories will retrogress.
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Starting December 1, 2024, citizens of Qatar will be eligible to visit the United States for business or leisure for up to 90 days without a visa. They will be admitted under the Visa Waiver Program.
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Under U.S. immigration law, a limited number of green cards can be issued annually for family members and employment, resulting in substantial backlogs and wait times. The Department of State publishes a monthly Visa Bulletin with “priority dates” that show a person’s place in line based on their petition filing date. Each year, I prepare two charts to track progress over the last five years in employment and family-based categories. I focus on the October Visa Bulletin, as it marks the start of the fiscal year and the replenishment of green card allocations.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its October 2024 Visa Bulletin.
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The Department of Homeland Security announced that it would immediately start accepting applications under the Keeping Families Together program, which allows certain undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens to obtain work authorization and legal permanent resident (“LPR”) status while remaining in the United States.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its September 2024 Visa Bulletin.
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USCIS announced last week that it need to select additional H-1B lottery registrations from the registrations that were not selected in March 2024, in order to meet the annual limit (“cap”) of 65,000 H-1B visas allocated for this fiscal year, which begins October 1, 2024.
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As the political situation in Lebanon deteriorates and the humanitarian crisis in Somalia worsens, President Biden and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have implemented temporary relief for certain Lebanese nationals in the U.S.
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Due to the extraordinary humanitarian conditions in Yemen, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the extension and redesignation of Yemen for Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) until March 3, 2026.
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