On Oct. 11, USCIS issued three adopted Administrative Appeals Office decisions to clarify requirements for Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification. USCIS is now updating the USCIS Policy Manual (PDF, 375 KB) to reflect those clarifications.
This update reaffirms and clarifies that:
Offenses include Murder, Rape, Weapon and Assault Charges
Release Date:
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated <a target='_blank' href="https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/Static_files/DACA_Requestors_IDENT_Nov._2019.pdf" r
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today published a policy memorandum (PDF, 408 KB) (PM) that requires requests for temporary foreign workers for range sheep or goat herding or production be subject to the same requirements as other temporary agricultural workers.
USCIS is issuing this PM to ensure that H-2A nonimmigrant sheep/goat herders may only fill temporary and/or seasonal herder positions, and that petitioners filing petitions for permanent sheep/goat herders comply with the requirements applicable to permanent positio
USCIS will conduct system maintenance to the Customer Relationship Interface System (CRIS) on Friday, November 15, 2019 from 12:01 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. (Eastern), Saturday, November 16, 2019 from 12:01 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. (Eastern) and Sunday, November 17, 2019 from 12:01 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. (Eastern).
During these timeframes, users may experience technical difficulties with one or more of the following online tools:
Please see below analysis of December 2019 Visa Bulletin:
| Family- Sponsored | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA-mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| F1 | +2 Months 14 Days | +2 Months 14 Days | +2 Months 14 Days | No Change | +1 Month 16 Days |
| F2A | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| F2B | +1 Month | +1 Month | +1 Month | No Change | +2 Months |
| F3 | +24 Days | +24 Days | +24 Days | No Change | +3 Months |
| F4 | +1 Month | +1 Month | +17 Days | No Change | +3 Months 14 Days |
| Family- Sponsored | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA-mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| F1 | +2 Months 14 Days | +2 Months 14 Days | +2 Months 14 Days | No Change | +1 Month 17 Days |
| F2A | +1 Month | +1 Month | +1 Month | +1 Month | +1 Month |
| F2B | +1 Month | +1 Month | +1 Month | No Change | +2 Months |
| F3 | +1 Month | +1 Month | +1 Month | No Change | +3 Months |
| F4 | +21 Days | +21 Days | +16 Days | No Change | +3 Months 14 Days |
For analysis of December 2019 Visa Bulletin, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2019/visa-bulletin-analysis-december-2019.aspx
December 2019 Visa Bulletin has been officially released (valid from December 1 to December 31 only). Please see below for more details.
| Family- Sponsored | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA-mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| F1 | 15MAY13 | 15MAY13 | 15MAY13 | 08AUG97 | 01NOV08 |
| F2A | C | C | C | C | C |
| F2B | 08AUG14 | 08AUG14 | 08AUG14 | 22AUG98 | 01DEC08 |
| F3 | 08NOV07 | 08NOV07 | 08NOV07 | 22FEB96 | 01SEP98 |
| F4 | 01FEB07 | 01FEB07 | 01NOV04 | 15DEC97 | 15DEC98 |
| Family- Sponsored | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA- mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| F1 | 15NOV13 | 15NOV13 | 15NOV13 | 15NOV99 | 01MAY09 |
| F2A | 01OCT19 | 01OCT19 | 01OCT19 | 01OCT19 | 01OCT19 |
| F2B | 08FEB15 | 08FEB15 | 08FEB15 | 22APR99 | 01JUN09 |
| F3 | 15MAY08 | 15MAY08 | 15MAY08 | 15JUL00 | 01MAR99 |
| F4 | 22JUL07 | 22JUL07 | 01JUL05 | 01JAN99 | 15JUN99 |
Apart from posting current dates, State Department has also added special notes to Visa Bulletin mentioned above. Please see full details below:
D. SCHEDULED EXPIRATION OF TWO EMPLOYMENT VISA CATEGORIES
Employment Fourth Preference Certain Religious Workers (SR):
Pursuant to the continuing resolution (H.R. 4378 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019), signed on September 27, 2019, the non-minister special immigrant program expires on November 21, 2019. No SR visas may be issued overseas or final action taken on adjustment of status cases after midnight, November 20, 2019. Visas issued prior to this date will only be issued with a validity date of November 20, 2019 and all individuals seeking admission as a non-minister special immigrant must be admitted (repeat, admitted) into the U.S. no later than midnight, November 20, 2019.
The final action date for this category has been listed as "Unavailable" for December for all countries.
If there is legislati
