Immigration Guides
In the November 2026 Visa Bulletin, the EB-3 priority date for the Philippines (skilled workers and professionals) has a Final Action Date of August 15, 2023 and a Date for Filing of January 1, 2024.
The EB-2 priority date for mainland China-born applicants in the November 2026 Visa Bulletin is October 1, 2021 on the Final Action Dates chart and January 1, 2023 on the Dates for Filing chart, unchanged from October 2026.
The EB-3 priority date for China in the November 2026 Visa Bulletin is January 22, 2022 on the Final Action Dates chart and April 1, 2024 on the Dates for Filing chart for skilled workers and professionals born in mainland China.
The EB-1 priority date for mainland China-born applicants in the November 2026 Visa Bulletin is August 1, 2023 on the Final Action Dates chart and July 1, 2024 on the Dates for Filing chart. USCIS has designated the Dates for Filing chart for employment-based adjustment of status for November 2026.
A startup founder can get an O-1 visa, and the company the founder owns can be the petitioner. Since a January 8, 2025 USCIS Policy Manual update, USCIS guidance states that a separate legal entity owned by the beneficiary, such as a corporation or LLC, may file the O-1 petition. The founder still cannot sign a petition as an individual for himself or herself.
The O-1 visa approval rate for the first three quarters of fiscal year (FY) 2026 is 91.0%, the USCIS approval rate for Form I-129 O petitions covering O-1 and O-2 beneficiaries.
The EB-1A approval rate fell to 32.2 percent in the latest quarter USCIS has published (April through June 2026), while EB-1B and EB-1C approval rates stayed above 93 percent. Across the first three quarters of fiscal year 2026, USCIS approved 40.7 percent of the EB-1A (extraordinary ability)…
In the November 2026 Visa Bulletin, the India EB-2 Final Action Date is November 1, 2013 and the India EB-2 Date for Filing is January 15, 2015, both unchanged from the October 2026 bulletin.
The EB-3 priority date for India in the November 2026 Visa Bulletin is January 22, 2014 on the Final Action Dates chart and January 15, 2015 on the Dates for Filing chart. Those dates take effect November 1, 2026 and apply through November 30, 2026. India EB-3 Other Workers has the same two dates.
Based on what federal officials announced on October 8, 2026, the October 2026 PERM suspension is not a nationwide pause of the PERM program. At a White House press conference that day, Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said the Department of Labor (DOL) would not accept new…
The EB-1 priority date for India in the November 2026 Visa Bulletin is February 1, 2023 on the Final Action Dates chart and July 1, 2024 on the Dates for Filing chart, both unchanged from October 2026. EB-1 is not current for India.
If your work permit (Employment Authorization Document, or EAD) renewal was filed with USCIS on or after October 30, 2025, your current card is not automatically extended while USCIS decides the renewal. When the card expires, permission to work based on that EAD ends unless USCIS has approved the new card or…
The November 2026 Visa Bulletin moves the Rest of World, Mexico and Philippines EB-2 Final Action Date forward three months to April 1, 2025, advances EB-1 China one month to August 1, 2023, and moves EB-3 forward for the Rest of World, Mexico, China and India.
In this blog post, we will delve into the advantages of the L1 visa—a nonimmigrant visa that allows a foreign company to transfer an executive, manager or specialized knowledge employee to work for a related U.S. company. Whether you’re an entrepreneur or a worker seeking…
The O-1 and the EB-2 national interest waiver are not two rungs of the same ladder, and for many readers the real question is not which one to pick but how the two fit together.The O-1 asks whether you personally sit at the top of your field.
Michael Ashoori, Esq.
President of Ashoori Law
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