WR Immigration Director of Visa Consulting Charlie Oppenheim, Partner Charina Garcia, and Senior Associate Laura Bloniarz update HR professionals with the latest information from the December Visa Bulletin. They dive into an analysis of employment-based and family-based immigrant visa categories, December predictions and an extensive Q&A session from live attendees and submitted questions. Watch below!
In this month’s Chatting with Charlie on Understanding the March 2023 Visa Bulletin, WR Immigration Director of Visa Consulting Charlie Oppenheim, Partner Charina Garcia and Senior Associate Laura Bloniarz provide the latest information from the 2023 March Visa Bulletin. Our team gave an in-depth understanding of the March 2023 Visa Bulletin and predictions on how this will impact HR and Global Mobility professionals. Have a question for Charlie? Register for the upcoming Chatting with Charlie webinar and submit a question. Early registrants have a better chance of getting their question answered, so register here.
WR Immigration © 2022 The 2022 EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act (RIA) has modified the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow eligible EB-5 investors and their derivative family members to file a Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status at the same time the EB-5 investor files a Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor, or at any point prior to Form I-526 approval. Before the RIA, EB-5 investors would need to wait for Form I-526 approval before being eligible to file a Form I-485 creating delays of 2-3 years or more. This concurrent filing can only be done if there is a visa available under the State Department The biggest benefit of a Form I-485 adjustment filing is that it allows the applicants to stay in the U.S. legally while waiting for a decision on their I-526 immigrant visa petitions, which has been too slow. When an individual files a Form I-485 adjustment, they can also file a Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization and a Form I-131, Application for Advance Parole, for work and travel authorization (called “interim benefits”) during the time in which the Form I-485 is pending. Unless the applicant already has […]
