USCIS today released their pending EB I-485 inventory with data as of July 17, 2013. Our green card tracker has now been updated with the new inventory data. More details to follow. If you have questions about the data or how the tracker works, please visit our FAQ section and/or leave a comment below.
Green card applicants filing for adjustment of status (Form I-485) are required to submit Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. The form must be completed, signed and sealed by a designated civil surgeon. Form I-693 is used by USCIS to determine whether an applicant is inadmissible to the United States on public … Read more
USCIS finally released the pending I-485 inventory today with employment-based data as of October 4, 2012. This has been a long wait: Five months after the last release on May 3rd, which is supposed to be on a quarterly basis. Anyway, better late than never. The green card tracker has now been updated with the … Read more
A prediction from Charles Oppenheim about EB-2 retrogression has sent a shock wave among I-485 applicants, likely prompting a protest against the much easier venue classified as EB1-C for international managers. Mr. Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at the Department of State, announced at the AILA Midwest Regional Conference on March … Read more
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced new initiatives on August 2, 2011 that would allow entrepreneurs to pursue a green card under the employment based second preference category (EB2). The new policy also clarified that entrepreneurs may qualify for National Interest Waiver (NIW) and H-1B, including an example showing when a sole … Read more
The official July 2011 visa bulletin was released today with great news for applicants in the Employment-Based Second Preference categories. Both EB2-China and EB2-India advanced nearly five months to reach a cutoff date of March 8, 2007. This is the first time for either category’s cut-off date to cross into 2007 since, well, the July … Read more
Update 5/27/2011: USCIS finally released the inventory on May 27. The Green Card Tracker has now been updated with the new data. USCIS is supposed to release the pending EB I-485 inventory on a quarterly basis, but is apparently running late for the first quarter of 2011. The last release was on January 5, so … Read more
We constantly tweak the Green Card Tracker to make it easier to use, and to more accurately calculate the total number of pending I-485 cases ahead of a certain priority date (PD). One recent change is about selecting your PD. We used to only ask for the month and year, but now you can provide … Read more
It is that time of the year again: toward the end of a fiscal year, which ends on September 30, unused EB1 visa numbers will “fall down” to lower preference categories. The Department of State (DOS) recently advised AILA that approximately 12,000 EB1 visas remain unused. This figure is higher than usual, so it is … Read more
A reader asked us today to verify an email he received informing him that he’d just won the green card lottery. Without even reading it, everyone should know that it is scam. The US Department of Sate (DOS) has warned the public repeatedly that they do not send emails to Diversity Visa (DV) recipients. The … Read more
