Maryland Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Visa Fraud

BALTIMORE – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the sentencing of a Maryland man for visa fraud. U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Kelly O. Hayes announced the sentencing of Douglas Anthony Eze, 55, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to one year and one day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for visa fraud. Eze was also fined $20,000.

According to the guilty plea, Eze, who owns Largo Financial Services, illegally entered Canada in 1991 using a fraudulent passport. After Canada issued a deportation order in 1995, Eze fled. In 1997, he resurfaced in the U.S., using the name and other identifying information of a Canadian citiz

USCIS Deploys Common Sense Tools to Verify Voters

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News release originally published by the Department of Homeland Security.

Visa Bulletin July 2025 Predictions

For official June 2025 Visa Bulletin & Analysis, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-june-2025.aspx

Please see July 2025 Visa Bulletin Predictions below (for both Family Based and Employment Based categories for all countries):

Family Based:

Final Action Dates

Dates For Filing Applications

"Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date.

Family- Sponsored	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	01JUL16	01JUL16	01JUL16	01AUG05	01AUG12
F2A	22JAN22	22JAN22	22JAN22	22MAY21	22JAN22
F2B	08OCT16	08OCT16	08OCT16	22FEB06	15FEB12
F3	01AUG11	01AUG11	01AUG11	15FEB01	01NOV03
F4	15JAN08	15JAN08	01JUL06	08APR01	15JUL05

"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date.

Family- Sponsored	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	01NOV17	01NOV17	01NOV17	01MAY06	08JUN15
F2A	15MAR25	15MAR25	15MAR25	15MAR25	15MAR25
F2B	15FEB17	15FEB17	15FEB17	01JUN07	08NOV13
F3	22SEP12	22SEP12	22SEP12	22JUN01	22OCT04
F4	08JUN08	08JUN08	15DEC06	22MAY01	01MAR08

Jamaican Citizen Arrested for Making a False Claim of Citizenship to Register to Vote in the 2024 Presidential Primary Election

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Jacqueline Dianne Wallace, 52, a Jamaican citizen, has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint and charged with unlawfully making a false claim of citizenship in order to register to vote in the 2024 Florida presidential primary election. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida announced the charge after Wallace made her initial appearance in federal court in Tallahassee. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation.

According to the criminal complaint, Wallace entered the United States in December 2010 on a six month B-2 tourism visa and did not return to Jamaica as required. In January 2024, Wallace registered to vote

DHS Terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan

WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan. The TPS designation for the country expires on May 20, 2025, and the termination will be effective on July 14, 2025. 
 
At least 60 days before a TPS designation expires, the Secretary, after consultation with appropriate U.S. government agencies, is required to review the conditions in a country designated for TPS to determine whether the conditions supporting the designation continue to be met, and if so, how long to extend the designation.  
 
"This administration is returning TPS to its original temporary intent," said Secretary Kristi Noem. "We've reviewed the conditions in Afghanistan with our interagency partners, and they do not meet the requirements for a TPS designation. Afghanista

June 2025 Visa Bulletin Analysis

For June 2025 Visa Bulletin, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-june-2025.aspx

Please see below analysis of June 2025 Visa Bulletin:

Family Based:

Final Action Dates

Dates For Filing Applications

"Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date.

Family- Sponsored	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	+2 Months 24 Days	+2 Months 24 Days	+2 Months 24 Days	No Change	No Change
F2A	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change
F2B	+2 Months	+2 Months	+2 Months	No Change	No Change
F3	+2 Months 21 Days	+2 Months 21 Days	+2 Months 21 Days	No Change	No Change
F4	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change

"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date.

Family- Sponsored	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change
F2A	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change
F2B	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change
F3	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change
F4	No Change	No Change	+2 Months	No Change	No Change

June 2025 Visa Bulletin

For May 2025 Visa Bulletin, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-may-2025.aspx

For analysis of June 2025 Visa Bulletin, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-analysis-june-2025.aspx

June 2025 Visa Bulletin has been officially released (valid from June 1 to June 30 only). Please see below for more details.

Family Based:

Final Action Dates

Dates For Filing Applications

"Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date.

Family- Sponsored	All Chargeability  Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland  born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	08JUN16	08JUN16	08JUN16	22APR05	15JUL12
F2A	01JAN22	01JAN22	01JAN22	15MAY21	01JAN22
F2B	22SEP16	22SEP16	22SEP16	01JAN06	08FEB12
F3	22JUN11	22JUN11	22JUN11	15JAN01	22SEP03
F4	01JAN08	01JAN08	15JUN06	15MAR01	01JUN05

"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date.

Family- Sponsored	All Chargeability  Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland  born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	01SEP17	01SEP17	01SEP17	01APR06	22APR15
F2A	01FEB25	01FEB25	01FEB25	01FEB25	01FEB25
F2B	01JAN17	01JAN17	01JAN17	01APR07	01OCT13
F3	22JUL12	22JUL12	22JUL12	15JUN01	22SEP04
F4	01JUN08	01JUN08	01DEC06	30APR01	01JAN08

First 100 Days: USCIS Delivering on Making America Safe Again

Ensuring National Security and Restoring Commonsense Policies

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is aggressively working to ensure America's national security by addressing vulnerabilities in immigration policies, reducing exploitation of humanitarian parole programs, and assisting enforcement agencies in identifying and removing illegal aliens.

In the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, USCIS has restored robust screening and vetting capabilities; re-emphasized fraud detection and deterrence; reduced exploitation of the immigration system through humanitarian and temporary protected status programs; in partnership with other agencies, helped reduce encounters at our southern border and increase safety at home, with violent criminal aliens rapidly being removed from our neighborhoods; and intro

Cap Reached for Additional Returning Worker H-2B Visas for the Early Second Half of FY 2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 19,000 H-2B visas made available for returning workers for the early second half of fiscal year (FY) 2025 with start dates from April 1 to May 14, 2025, under the H-2B supplemental cap temporary final rule (FY 2025 TFR). April 18, 2025, was the final receipt date for petitions requesting supplemental H-2B visas under the FY 2025 early second half returning worker allocation.

Additional information on the FY 2025 supplemental visas is available on the <a target='_blank' href="https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-workers/h-2b-non-agricultu

Litigation-Related Update on CHNV

On April 14, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a Preliminary Injunction Order staying parts of the March 25, 2025 Federal Register notice titled, "Termination of Parole Process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV)." See Svitlana Doe, et al., v. Noem, et. al., No. 25-cv-10495 (D. Mass. Apr. 14, 2025). Pursuant to the order, the parole termination notices that were sent to aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela pursuant to the Federal Register notice are stayed and therefore not currently in effect. No new requests for CHNV parole will be processed.