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Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
The Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, is used to petition U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to classify an alien beneficiary as eligible for an immigrant visa based on employment. The employer generally files the Form I-140 on behalf of the alien.
Questions and Answers
Q #1. What steps [...]

For the many green card aspirants who were waiting with baited breath for the October 2008 Visa Bulletin, hoping for it to breathe new life into the retrogressed visa categories, it turned out to be a sorely disappointing beginning of a new Fiscal Year.
Who Got the Short end?
Nationals of India and China in the [...]

The July 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), shows a significant advance in the EB-2 Cutoff dates for Indian and Mexico, 1st from July 2004 to 1st June 2006. On the downside the cut off dates for the unskilled category has become unavailable. Mexico’s F-2A numbers continue to be [...]

The Mumbai Consulate has published the August 2008 Cut-Off Dates for Immigrant Visas for individuals born in India and those born in most other countries. The most noticeable leap is in the EB-2 Category which has jumped forward to 1st June 2006.

Category
India
Most Other Countries

F1
15 March 2002
15 March 2002

FX
Unavailable
Unavailable

F2A
1 October 2003
1 October 2003

F2B
1 November 1999
1 November 1999

F3
8 June 2000
8 June 2000

F4
22 February 1997
8 September 1997

E1
Current
Current

E2
1 [...]

The July 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), finally shows EB-3 numbers unavailable over for this fiscal year and will most probably remain so till October. Also, F-2A Numbers for Mexico has also become unavailable this July. The July Visa Bulletin will come into effect from July 1, 2008.
Employment [...]