A foreign national can file an application to become a permanent resident if the foreign national has an immediately available visa. A petitioner files an immigrant petition on behalf of a foreign national to establish the foreign national’s eligibility to immigrate to the United States and the US government sets aside…
On September 9, 2015, USCIS announced revised procedures for determining when applicants can file for Adjustment of Status. Currently, a person cannot file for adjustment of status until his or her priority date becomes current. Under the revised guidelines, the USCIS will permit employment-based applicants to file for adjustment of…
In the non precedential decision In re Grace Estrellado, the Board of Immigration Appeals states that alien may not utilize the priority date form her original I-140 petition because it was withdrawn by her prior employer and the USCIS revoked it. Background The case involved an alien who had an…
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