tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575088091560469572024-03-15T21:09:10.934-04:00THE IMMIGRATION BLOGImmigration news and insights provided by Paul Szeto LLC - former INS attorney and experienced immigration lawyer- who can be reached at 732-632-9888, http://www.1visa1.com/ (All information is not legal advice and is subject to change without prior notice.)
- Serving Clients in all U.S. States and Overseas Countries.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16249340152301619051noreply@blogger.comBlogger1141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-81272252814746834362024-03-06T11:40:00.003-05:002024-03-13T10:22:48.771-04:00How to handle delays of immigration applications<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPMWpeJZjy59MrEXqZYwLnWj6XsThQRS72zIjHNr-_dK1hH6TIzcH5mK_RQH48I2Hja0Ciy3ZczbA8Ian6ZCbLtdHCmKBdxXUL5Wc6mrJX4iLScWXPeV93kTb0pUIZYfrHv90n1ilPsChls03n6YPPo5tpBP65PLGG02Ty1_J2poyCO-9Y4OWjYWBVNc/s6000/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3760810.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPMWpeJZjy59MrEXqZYwLnWj6XsThQRS72zIjHNr-_dK1hH6TIzcH5mK_RQH48I2Hja0Ciy3ZczbA8Ian6ZCbLtdHCmKBdxXUL5Wc6mrJX4iLScWXPeV93kTb0pUIZYfrHv90n1ilPsChls03n6YPPo5tpBP65PLGG02Ty1_J2poyCO-9Y4OWjYWBVNc/s320/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3760810.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Andrea Piacquadio</span></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Over the years, our law office has received many inquiries from the public about their pending immigration petitions and applications. The most common questions are about delays or "lack of updates" of their filings. Yes, it is indeed frustrating not to know what is going on with one's immigration petition for a family member, maybe a fiancé or spouse. Other filings, such as H-1B petitions and work authorization applications, are also time-sensitive and critical for the applicant to be able to work legally. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Planning is the Key</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As we constantly remind our clients, the U.S. immigration processes are complicated and lengthy. One must have a plan and also some backup plans from the beginning. It is also important to understand the timeline of each application and plan accordingly. Although USCIS allows the use of "premium processing services" in some applications for additional fees, most immigration petitions are processed based on a "first come, first served" basis, and also based on visa availability. Early planning is the key to a satisfactory outcome.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Following up and Checking the Processing Times</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We sometimes get calls from people who said something like: "I filed this application about 10 years ago, and I want to know what's happened to it." However, they do not have a filing receipt or the case number. After submitting any application, make sure that you receive filing receipt notice (I-797) from USCIS. Keep this notice in a safe place. The receipt number allows you to check your case status and also the normal processing times in USCIS.gov Immigrant visa availability is based on the monthly Visa Bulletin published by the Department of State. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Reporting changes in address and personal info</b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Following up also means that you must report any changes in your address and contact information to the government agencies such as USCIS, National Visa Center, etc. The government agencies would continue to send notices and information to your old address if you fail to report it. Also changes in marital status and addition of family members must also be reported as soon as possible.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">When and How to Ask Questions</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If your case is delayed beyond the normal processing times, or if you just have questions about it, you can contact USCIS Customer Service at 1-800-375-5283, (or 1-212-620-3418 from outside the U.S.). USCIS also have a chatbot called "Ask Emma", that can answer public inquiries. If you believe that the case is unreasonably delayed, you may also submit an Online Case Inquiry through the USCIS website. For those who are able to use computers, they may also write a letter to USCIS, via certified mail. One may also call the USCIS Contact Center to schedule an "InfoPass Appointment" to speak to a local immigration officer. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Seeking help from the USCIS Ombudsman and Congressional Members</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The CIS Ombudsman (1-855-882-8100) serves as a third-party liaison between the public and USCIS. One may seek help from them if USCIS is unresponsive to their inquiries. Similarly, local members of the Congress may also make inquire about a case on your behalf with the USCIS, although responses to Congressional members are usually routine in most cases. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Seeking Legal Assistance from Professionals</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If all these steps seem complicated and confusing, you may seek help from an experienced immigration attorney. Navigating through the U.S. immigration system can be daunting and time-consuming for many individuals. It is better to seek help from an experienced professional lawyer who can offer proper advice and guidance. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although most case delays can be resolved through normal administrative steps, one may have to resort to legal actions in some situations. For example, a person may file a mandamus action with the federal court to require a government agency to perform their official duties, such as processing and adjudicating immigration applications. These legal actions are extremely complicated and should be handled by experienced attorneys. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Conclusion</span></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In sum, given the ever-rising number of immigration filings each year in the U.S., processing delays and other unexpected issues are inevitable. Careful planning and diligent followup actions are essential to ensure timely and proper adjudication of one's immigration filings. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-78211351400418183562024-02-23T11:19:00.003-05:002024-02-23T17:36:00.468-05:00Reminder: Premium Processing Fees Will Increase on Feb. 26, 2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaxVguXy1Wbt36hk0rtRX3Bc0vkDuu-T1naGA9h5YGEFHQFPqJvxzOrPJEpOpJyn0YUmsGuLzKCAmQLAxiwhwkdVF0w-i-FnM5oUzYKHzpPVeqyhYs-TI2Da40WIXexF8OkTE3NfNibGIghYTJq6bXiB147zJKKznvVf-EZ179iio3Al60bYIDdxzXt4/s1024/money-increases-fees.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaxVguXy1Wbt36hk0rtRX3Bc0vkDuu-T1naGA9h5YGEFHQFPqJvxzOrPJEpOpJyn0YUmsGuLzKCAmQLAxiwhwkdVF0w-i-FnM5oUzYKHzpPVeqyhYs-TI2Da40WIXexF8OkTE3NfNibGIghYTJq6bXiB147zJKKznvVf-EZ179iio3Al60bYIDdxzXt4/s320/money-increases-fees.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">USCIS has scheduled to increase the premium processing service fees for several applications. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">On February 26, 2024, the premium processing service fees will be increased as follows:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Form I-140: from $2500 to $2805</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Form I-129: from $2500 to $2805; </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Form I-129 (H2B and R-1 only): from $1500 to $1685 </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Form I-539: from $1750 to $1965</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Form I-765 (F-1 OPT): from $1500 to $1685</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">If an application or petitioner elects to use premium processing service, USCIS will review and adjudicate their immigration applications faster than normal. The current premium processing schedule is as follows:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 24px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 8px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15 calendar days for most classifications including I-129 (H, L, etc.) and most I-140s </span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">30 calendar days for Form I-765 for F-1 students seeking OPT or STEM OPT extensions;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">30 calendar days for Form I-539 applicants requesting a change of status to F-1, F-2, M-1, M-2, J-1, or J-2 nonimmigrant status, <b><u>after </u></b>all prerequisites, including receipt of biometrics, have been met;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">45 calendar days for Form I-140 E13 multinational executive and manager and Form I-140 E21 national interest waiver classifications</span></li></ul><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><div><br /></div>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-15262542626466714142024-02-23T11:04:00.003-05:002024-02-23T11:04:55.625-05:00March 2024 Visa Bulletin: EB-1 India and China Advances Modestly<p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiw6qrAL5P5YBRj0kvwvQI50PENUUiciSTYuW8Q_K3VJ7_ABVSOu40qRLdDcZDZvyRpnRHjyZ0bfygsHnekF7l7-_6kgDOc7wgAHkHf3Hj7wQGLyPDBRmQ7MAUhquFByNVU6hoizvN1dHjdBy0a_EcHc7UN3qBAn5oixgCyB8lzY1yJiSc9gbe5jjBBvM/s350/Waiting-Line-Management.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="350" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiw6qrAL5P5YBRj0kvwvQI50PENUUiciSTYuW8Q_K3VJ7_ABVSOu40qRLdDcZDZvyRpnRHjyZ0bfygsHnekF7l7-_6kgDOc7wgAHkHf3Hj7wQGLyPDBRmQ7MAUhquFByNVU6hoizvN1dHjdBy0a_EcHc7UN3qBAn5oixgCyB8lzY1yJiSc9gbe5jjBBvM/s320/Waiting-Line-Management.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></b><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">USCIS will continue to honor the dates in the </span><b style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">Filing Date Chart </b><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">for filing of family-based I-485 applications, and switch to the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Final Action Date Chart </b>for employment-based </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">I-485s in March. </span></span></span></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">AD: Dates for Final Action (Green Card Approval) </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">FD: Dates for Filing Applications Only</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin-left: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 588px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 19.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td colspan="2" style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 82pt;" width="109"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Family-based </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Other Countries</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">China</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" width="89"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">India</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mexico</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Philippines</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">02/08/2015</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2017 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2017</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/01/2005 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2015</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F2A</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">06/22/2020 </span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">06/22/2020</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">06/22/2020<span> </span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96">06/15/2020</td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">06/22/2020</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023<span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F2B</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">11/22/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">11/22/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">11/22/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>10/22/2003 </span> </span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"> 10/22/2011</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2004</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/01/2013</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F3</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>10/01/2009 </span><span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">10/01/2009</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">10/01/2009</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/08/1998</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/08/2002</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/15/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/08/2003</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F4</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/08/2007 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/08/2007</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2005<span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/15/2000</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">06/15/2003</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2008<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2008</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">02/22/2006</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/15/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2004</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year).<br />2A: The 2 “A” preference is for Spouses and Children (under 21 & unmarried) of LPR's.<br />2B: The 2 “B” Preference is for Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 or older) of LPR's.<br />3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year)<br />4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens. (about 65,000 per year)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin-left: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 589px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 52.35pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td colspan="2" style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 82.4pt;" width="110"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Employment</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Other Countries</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">China</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">India</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Mexico</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Philippines</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 13.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">C</span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">07/15/2022</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"> 10/01/2020</td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">C</span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95">C</td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2021</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB2</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">11/22/2022</span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2020</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="bottom" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2012</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/22/2022<span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/22/2022</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">02/15/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">06/01/2020</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/15/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/15/2023</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB3</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">09/08/2022</span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2020</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">07/01/2012</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/08/2022</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">05/01/2022</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">02/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">07/01/2021</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">02/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 13.95pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Other Workers</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/08/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">07/01/2012<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/08/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">06/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB4</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> 09/01/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB5</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2015*</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2020*</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">04/01/2022</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">1st: Priority Workers (Extraordinary ability aliens, multinational companies' executives/managers, outstanding prof./researchers)<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>2nd: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.<br /></span></span><span>3rd: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers (Unskilled.)<br /></span><span>4th: “Special Immigrants” (Religious & others)</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">5th: Employment Creation (Investors)</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">*China and India EB-5 visa numbers for rural, high unemployment & infrastructure areas/projects are current.</span></div><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><div><br /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298167524512875411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-15848205839770683192024-02-01T12:21:00.002-05:002024-02-21T16:20:01.784-05:00Most Immigration Filing fees To Increase on April 1st<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PWktMGE7IQTAx7WZkNaA23U2aDs4n4ZMQABINSPYIR7_KQU2MncYHXCmTH2cCNFohCUpw1yfz_z9xxdSs8ym3k6rVHYuJepxemV-TtzvpH72gl7X8-dXQREKQYK5jPahv1fawiRRfLnC3hKwxd-Za9rItnNrC0CTEs5PJ2pbGOZl8pqKWskuWQQgwrE/s1024/money-increases-fees.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PWktMGE7IQTAx7WZkNaA23U2aDs4n4ZMQABINSPYIR7_KQU2MncYHXCmTH2cCNFohCUpw1yfz_z9xxdSs8ym3k6rVHYuJepxemV-TtzvpH72gl7X8-dXQREKQYK5jPahv1fawiRRfLnC3hKwxd-Za9rItnNrC0CTEs5PJ2pbGOZl8pqKWskuWQQgwrE/s320/money-increases-fees.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;">The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has finalized fee changes for almost all immigration applications and petitions, and a majority of them are increases. The most substantial increases are the filing fees for I-129 petition for non-immigrant workers, H-1B cap registration fee (effective in FY 2026), and EB-5 related applications. A new asylum fee is added to the existing I-129 filing fees.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;">The filing fee for I-130 family-based visa petition will increase 26% to $675. For I-485 adjustment application with biometric services, the filing fee will increase to $1,440. The filing fee for I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions will increase 26% to $750; for N-400 (with biometrics) to $760. <br /><br style="text-align: left;" />The fees adjustments vary for paper filings and online filings. Small employers and nonprofits also enjoy some discount in fees. USCIS actually offers about $50 discount for some applications filed online. The following table represents the fee changes for some of the most common applications, if filed in paper. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Selected Paper Filing Fee Changes</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Form</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Immigration benefit</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Current fee ($)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">New fee ($)</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">N-400<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Naturalization with biometrics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">725<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">760<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">N-600<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Application for Certificate of
Citizenship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1,170<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1,385<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">N-600K<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Application for Citizenship and
Issuance of Certificate Under Section 322<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1,170<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1,385<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-90<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Replace Permanent Residence Card
with biometrics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">540<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">465<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-102<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Replacement/Initial Nonimmigrant
Arrival-Departure Document<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">445<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">560<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-212<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Permission to Reapply for Admission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">into the U.S. After Deportation or
Removal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">930<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1,175<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-290B<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Notice of Appeal or Motion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">675<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">800<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-131<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Travel Document with biometrics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">660<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">630<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-765<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Employment Authorization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">410<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">520</span></p>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-485, I-765, & I-131<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Application to Register Permanent
Residency or Adjust Status, Employment Authorization, & Travel Document<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1,225<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">2,195<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-539<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status
with biometrics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">455<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">470<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
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<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-751<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Remove Conditions on Residence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">680<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">750<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-129 for L <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">L applications by large/small
employers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">460<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1385/695<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-129 for O<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">O applications by large/small
employers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">460<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1055/530<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-129 for H <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-129 H-2A -
Unnamed Beneficiaries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">460<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">425<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-129 for H1B<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Employers with 25 or few employees
(fraud fee and ACWIA fee additional)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">460<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">460 + 300 asylum fee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-129 for H1B<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Employers with 26 or more employees (fraud
fee and ACWIA fee additional) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">460<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">780 + 600 asylum fee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.5pt;" valign="top" width="143">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-130 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 189pt;" valign="top" width="252">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Petition for Family Immigration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.9pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">535<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 71.1pt;" valign="top" width="95">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">675<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-129F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">535<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">675<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-140<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Immigrant Petition for foreign
Worker (asylum fee: small employers $300; other employers - $600)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">700<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">715 + 300/600 asylum fee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-601<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Waver of Ground of Excludability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">930<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1050<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I-601A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Application for Provisional Unlawful
Presence Waiver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">630<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">795<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;">* Note: Asylum fees are waived for non-profit petitioners.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-84954233835291147792024-01-31T16:56:00.001-05:002024-01-31T16:56:30.804-05:00H-1B Cap Registration to Begin on March 6<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8c8z_u39l4kTodSRuNG0H2dtUGG4w8KAoBQtlp_9jzHKTNFMsmb4FwTw8WhzfAl9M5YfL5_dIo3N58er8OlO6Fj4Q2qhCuNgHyFFxR_Llvh9COjQUqGMEvw4e726sSR9ZhDBF0lmI6IP6pZ4QtO4ElNfPPzdijUzXBY9-ksubm1ZnPkEPn57yiMYHzI/s509/calendar-timeglass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="509" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8c8z_u39l4kTodSRuNG0H2dtUGG4w8KAoBQtlp_9jzHKTNFMsmb4FwTw8WhzfAl9M5YfL5_dIo3N58er8OlO6Fj4Q2qhCuNgHyFFxR_Llvh9COjQUqGMEvw4e726sSR9ZhDBF0lmI6IP6pZ4QtO4ElNfPPzdijUzXBY9-ksubm1ZnPkEPn57yiMYHzI/s320/calendar-timeglass.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">USCIS announced the H-1B annual cap registration schedule for FY 2025. The registration period will run from noon March 6 to noon March 22 (EST). After the registration window is closed, USCIS will move on to the lottery phase. Employers may start registering their accounts on February 28. New organizational accounts with additional features will be implemented this year. The results of the H-1B visa lottery will be released soon after. This year, the results will likely be released over the March 29-31 weekend. The following is an approximate application timeline. Interested employers and applicants should start the preparation immediately. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Application Timeline FY 2025</b></span></u></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTable15Grid2" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 624px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 44.5pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-lastfirstrow: yes;"><td style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #666666 1.5pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Timeline</span><span style="font-size: 20px;">*</span></b></p></td><td style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #666666 1.5pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 355.5pt;" valign="top" width="474"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">What to Do or Expect</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 44.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-top: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68; text-align: center;"><b>January – Early March</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom: solid #666666 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 355.5pt;" valign="top" width="474"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"></p><ul><li>Recruit H-1B employees, consult with attorneys</li><li>Evaluate the<a href="https://myimmigrationlawyer.blogspot.com/2018/08/what-exactly-is-h-1b-specialty.html" target="_blank"> “specialty occupation” position </a>you plan to file for, and <a href="https://myimmigrationlawyer.blogspot.com/2015/01/does-my-job-qualify-for-h-1b.html" target="_blank">determine job duties and requirements</a></li><li>Gather employer/employee documents and other supporting docs</li></ul><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 34.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-top: none; height: 34.85pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4; text-align: center;"><b> F</b><b>ebruary 28 - March 6</b></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #666666 1.0pt; border: none; height: 34.85pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 355.5pt;" valign="top" width="474"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt;"></p><ul><li><o:p> </o:p>H-1B employers/attorneys to create USCIS accounts.</li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 44.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-top: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68; text-align: center;"><b>March 6 - March 22</b></p></td><td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom: solid #666666 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 355.5pt;" valign="top" width="474"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"></p><ul><li>Attorneys/Employers to enter H-1B registrations online</li><li>Employers to verify / approve registrations</li><li>Attorneys/Employers to submit H-1B registrations</li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 44.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-top: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4; text-align: center;"><b>Mid-March – End of March</b></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #666666 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 355.5pt;" valign="top" width="474"><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-add-space: auto;"></p><ul><li>USCIS to conduct 1st electronic random selection ("lottery")</li><li>Results of 1st draw will be released between 3/29 to 3/31</li></ul><o:p></o:p><p></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 44.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-top: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b>April to June</b></p></td><td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom: solid #666666 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 355.5pt;" valign="top" width="474"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"></p><ul><li>Attorneys/employers to submit complete H-1B petition with LCA to USCIS (for first batch of the selected applications)</li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 47pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-top: none; height: 47pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b>April and onward</b></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #666666 1.0pt; border: none; height: 47pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 355.5pt;" valign="top" width="474"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt;"></p><ul><li>USCIS to adjudicate H-1B petitions</li><li>Respond to any <a href="https://myimmigrationlawyer.blogspot.com/2013/06/common-reasons-for-requests-for-further.html" target="_blank">Request for Evidence (RFE)</a></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt;"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 44.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-top: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68; text-align: center;"><b>Mid-August</b></p></td><td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom: solid #666666 1.0pt; border: none; height: 44.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 355.5pt;" valign="top" width="474"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"></p><ul><li>USCIS may conduct a 2<sup>nd</sup> H-1B lottery to use up any leftover visa numbers</li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 51.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-top: none; height: 51.15pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b>Mid-August – Mid-November</b></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #666666 1.0pt; border: none; height: 51.15pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 355.5pt;" valign="top" width="474"><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-add-space: auto;"></p><ul><li>Submit complete H-1B petition with LCA for candidates selected in the 2<sup>nd</sup> lottery to USCIS</li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt;"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 51.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); border-top: none; height: 51.15pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.5pt;" valign="top" width="150"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68; text-align: center;"><b> </b><b style="text-align: left;">September/October and onwards</b></p></td><td style="background: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom: solid #666666 1.0pt; border: none; height: 51.15pt; mso-background-themecolor: text1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #666666 .25pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 355.5pt;" valign="top" width="474"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 3.8pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"></p><ul><li>USCIS continues to adjudicate throughout this time</li><li><a href="https://myimmigrationlawyer.blogspot.com/2014/02/change-of-status-to-h-1b_16.html" target="_blank">Change of Status Employees</a> may start working in H-1B status <a href="https://myimmigrationlawyer.blogspot.com/2016/10/7-things-you-should-know-after-h-1b.html" target="_blank">upon approval</a> starting October 1</li><li>Consular Processing Employees to apply H-1B visa stamp for entry to commence H-1B employment</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>* Part of the timeline is estimated based on previous year's schedule.</div><div><br /></div><div><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p></div><div><br /></div>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-32573795548615286302024-01-30T11:26:00.004-05:002024-01-30T15:15:24.887-05:00FY 2025 H-1B Lottery: New Rule Should Improve the Odds for Selection<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgijGVyH3HMJ61aApKkSWCe3ELIENNTe_kqASscDJjzIDtHjlbEY4yalJF_5k5eN7wJyNfZ5TcOvOXL25DDq5IunpN-FjdadfxSu1YGkKZ7LYh5zmqvnF3cOPX4Gza8AGPGOT5dxtRILlwbHDdk_C-sc3i3vrYaDctIMw7Vnyp_RUl27EfvgP6QDAFy2c/s1050/lottery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1050" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgijGVyH3HMJ61aApKkSWCe3ELIENNTe_kqASscDJjzIDtHjlbEY4yalJF_5k5eN7wJyNfZ5TcOvOXL25DDq5IunpN-FjdadfxSu1YGkKZ7LYh5zmqvnF3cOPX4Gza8AGPGOT5dxtRILlwbHDdk_C-sc3i3vrYaDctIMw7Vnyp_RUl27EfvgP6QDAFy2c/s320/lottery.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Around this time every year, our office receives many calls and inquiries about the upcoming H-1B lottery. Yes, it is hard to believe that the annual H-1B filing season is just around the corner. The computerized random selection process (aka "H-1B lottery") for Fiscal Year 2025 will take place in less than 60 days. USCIS announced some enhancements to the H-1B registration and selection process, including creation of organizational accounts and also measures to counter fraudulent registrations. As a result, applicants should see significant improvement in the odds of selection.</p><div style="text-align: justify;">Congress created the H-1B visa program in 1990 to enable American employers to hire foreign nationals to <a href="https://myimmigrationlawyer.blogspot.com/2018/08/what-exactly-is-h-1b-specialty.html" target="_blank">work in specialty occupations</a>. The law also limited the number of H-1B visas issued per fiscal year at 65,000. In 2004, Congress added 20,000 additional H-1B visas to foreign nationals holding a master's or higher degree from qualified U.S. universities. Despite the increase in visa numbers, they are insufficient to meet the demand for skillful foreign workers. As a result, USCIS implemented a computer-based random selection process every year to select cases for further processing. Employer must first register the case electronically with the USCIS with some basic information about the employer and employee.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, the electronic selection process has been misused by some applicants. The most notorious abuse has been the use of multiple registrations for the same beneficiary to increase the chances of selection in the visa lottery. Although an employee/beneficiary could be registered by more than one employer on the system, each registration must be based on a real job offer. Instead, many applicants and employers take advantage of the system by entering multiple entries in the system for the same individual without real job opportunities. For example, for FY 2023, 2 beneficiaries had 75 or more registrations entered for them; 5 beneficiaries had 50 or more registrations; 108 beneficiaries had 25 or more beneficiaries, etc. As a result, applicants with real job offers suffered due to the reduced probability for selection.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To counter such base, USCIS promulgated <a href="https://myimmigrationlawyer.blogspot.com/2023/10/dhs-proposal-to-modernize-h-1b-program.html" target="_blank">a new rule on 10/23/2023 to modernize the H-1B program</a>, including provisions to treat each beneficiary's entry to be unique, regardless of how many registrations have been entered for them. As a result of this change, applicants should expect to see huge improvements in the selection rates. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Again, take FY 2023 as an example, USCIS announced that there were totally 474,421 eligible employee registrations. In the 10/23/2023 modernization rule, USCIS reported the actual total number of beneficiaries in 2023 was only 357,272, of which 307,483 had only one entry and 49,739 had 2 to 75 more registrations. These additional registrations entered for these 49,739 beneficiaries amounted to 165,180. The net effect is that 117,199 additional registrations were entered. If the unique entry rule had been in effect for FY 2023, the number of unique registrations for these employees would have been 49,739 only, instead of 165,180. And we would be looking at 357,222 total registrations instead of 474,421 or about 32.8% less registrations. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course, the above is just a simplified version of what could have happened. Since each year's specific numbers are different, it is almost impossible to predict with accuracy the actual results for FY 2025. In FY 2024, we had 758,994 total eligible registrations. USCIS has not yet announced the exact number of beneficiaries and breakdown of the actual registration counts and, hence, further analysis is not possible. Other variables include the visa usage by the H1B1 visa program, actual petition filing rate by selected registrants, number of denials due to substantive or technical errors, etc. It should also be noted that the 32.8% improvement in odds is only a comparison with the situation in previous years in which multiple entries for the same beneficiary were allowed; it is not an absolute improvement in the odds of the H-1B lottery itself, which is still determined by the actual number of eligible beneficiary registrations and the fixed H-1B visa cap of 85,000. </div><div><br /></div><div><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" style="color: #1c2eff;" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" /></div></div>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-64955800168255656702024-01-22T12:35:00.007-05:002024-01-22T18:05:36.832-05:00F & M Students Allowed to file Labor Application and Immigrant Visa Petition<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3H6bI6UWARCOuo2PYyOjIiUfgHoIGHomApEigtPn_Mw6qMJls5xOYWbp68U8_fehB6-dppLfLDVtuvGoX7TS9hCgofzSC4frg2_LpE1Y67_kJudhM2Zb1wdTrIUf6TwgH9bGpZEbDMmAus1KqJ79CNFjZGREI2OwMNVTxcgl6DCBtWS4bDWDN8dqRkc/s500/students-adults-lecture.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3H6bI6UWARCOuo2PYyOjIiUfgHoIGHomApEigtPn_Mw6qMJls5xOYWbp68U8_fehB6-dppLfLDVtuvGoX7TS9hCgofzSC4frg2_LpE1Y67_kJudhM2Zb1wdTrIUf6TwgH9bGpZEbDMmAus1KqJ79CNFjZGREI2OwMNVTxcgl6DCBtWS4bDWDN8dqRkc/s320/students-adults-lecture.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In a recent policy memo issued by USCIS on 12/20/2023, the immigration agency resolved a long-time conflict regarding foreign students' ability to apply for permanent resident status. Historically, foreign students applying or holding F and M visas were only allowed to study in the United States; they should not harbor other plans such as seeking employment or applying for a green card. While H-1B and L visa holders are allowed to possess an immigrant intent, F and M students must only have a single intent of studying. Such a discrepancy results in denial of F-1 visa and status to many foreign students.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>New Policy Allows Foreign Students to Apply for PR Status</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The reality of the situation is that many international students, after earning their degrees and acquiring work experience in the United States, have chosen to stay in the country and become permanent residents. They apply for immigrant status through sponsorship by a family member such as a spouse, or by an employer who offers them permanent employment. To retain these educated students and also to update this archaic single-intent policy, USCIS revised their Policy Manual to confirm international students' ability to apply for permanent resident status without jeopardizing their legal status. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Specifically, the new policy provides guidance to USCIS officers regarding the adjudication the applications of F and M students and their dependents in the United States for (1) employment authorization, (2) changes of status, (3) extension of stay, and (4) reinstatement of status.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The policy guidance also confirms that, while foreign students must have a foreign residence that they have no intention of abandoning, they are allowed to be the beneficiary of a permanent labor certification application or immigrant visa petition. The existence of such immigrant petitions does not mean that they cannot demonstrate their intention to depart after a temporary period of stay. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">USCIS recognizes that foreign students are typically younger individuals who do not have strong ties in their home countries, and that they don't necessarily have any long-terms plans regarding their future. As long as they are able to demonstrate their present intention to depart after their studies, adjudicators should not deny their applications. Such a policy shift is in line with State Department's visa issuance policy and also BIA's case law. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Simply put, USCIS now distinguishes a foreign student's present intent to study and their longer term plans, which are usually unclear to the student at the present time. The policy guidance is extremely helpful to foreign students who have opportunities to apply for permanent resident status while they are studying in the United States. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>What about the “mature” applicants? </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">One interesting observation is that the policy shift seems to focus on younger students. What about the more mature students who are married and have a family and ties in the United States? Due to the lengthy green card application process and the per-country visa limits, many foreign students have reached marriage age; they may have already married and started family in the country. For these mature applicants, they may have to apply for F-1 status again after working for a number of years to update their skills or to maintain their lawful status. In such cases, it is unclear if USCIS will equally apply this new policy to them. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Importance of a foreign residence</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">One thing is clear is that all applicants must provide proof of a foreign residence. In fact, this is the single underlying requirement for applicants to prove their present non-immigrant intent. Younger students should be able to meet this requirement by claiming their parent's or family residence in their home country as proof. For older applicants, it means that they must continue to maintain a foreign residence in order to meet the evidentiary requirement. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-76920089795946214832024-01-16T17:42:00.003-05:002024-01-16T17:48:56.841-05:00February 2024 Visa Bulletin: F2A advances 3 months<p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeyPTtsQ2qHJXBju_XKibOwVSZ9f_KzbJ10VeLaIiAg457sZVg3ZTwTpD_5cs5KArHFO7s7WwJ3Ev6YNco0zXZkgES5gmKgBnMYioPrDtyH29jtl7cnV99iMMB8WV6UhSONKBXeTF6vM9evZueHd6oxZj6soGuuHIy4yYRueEzaEofPuREQhczSBTQMY/s756/Visa-Bulletin-Reduced.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="756" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeyPTtsQ2qHJXBju_XKibOwVSZ9f_KzbJ10VeLaIiAg457sZVg3ZTwTpD_5cs5KArHFO7s7WwJ3Ev6YNco0zXZkgES5gmKgBnMYioPrDtyH29jtl7cnV99iMMB8WV6UhSONKBXeTF6vM9evZueHd6oxZj6soGuuHIy4yYRueEzaEofPuREQhczSBTQMY/s320/Visa-Bulletin-Reduced.JPG" width="320" /></a></b></div><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the January 2024 Visa Bulletin, F2A worldwide advances 3 months. </span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For employment-based cases, EB-2 worldwide advances 14 days, except China and India. EB-3 worldwide advances 1 month, except China. EB-4 India advances 1 month as well. </span></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">USCIS will honor the dates in the <b>Filing Date Chart </b>for filing of both employment-based and family-based I-485 applications in February. </span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">AD: Dates for Final Action (Green Card Approval) </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">FD: Dates for Filing Applications Only</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin-left: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 588px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 19.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td colspan="2" style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 82pt;" width="109"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Family-based </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Other Countries</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">China</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" width="89"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">India</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mexico</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Philippines</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2015</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2017 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2017</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/01/2005 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2015</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F2A</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>02/08/2020 </span> </span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2020</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2020</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96">02/01/2020</td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2020</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023<span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F2B</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">10/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">10/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">10/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>10/22/2003 </span> </span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"> 10/22/2011</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2004</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/01/2013</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F3</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>04/22/2009 </span><span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">04/22/2009</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">04/22/2009</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/08/1998</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/08/2002</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/15/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/08/2003</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F4</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/22/2007 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/22/2007</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/15/2005<span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/15/2000</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/15/2002</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2008<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2008</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">02/22/2006</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/15/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2004</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year).<br />2A: The 2 “A” preference is for Spouses and Children (under 21 & unmarried) of LPR's.<br />2B: The 2 “B” Preference is for Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 or older) of LPR's.<br />3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year)<br />4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens. (about 65,000 per year)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin-left: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 589px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 52.35pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td colspan="2" style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 82.4pt;" width="110"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Employment</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Other Countries</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">China</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">India</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Mexico</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Philippines</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 13.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">C</span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">07/01/2022</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"> 09/01/2020</td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">C</span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95">C</td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2021</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB2</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">11/15/2022</span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2020</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="bottom" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2012</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/15/2022<span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/15/2022</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">02/15/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">06/01/2020</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/15/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/15/2023</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB3</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">09/01/2022</span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2020</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">07/01/2012</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2022</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">09/01/2022</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">02/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">07/01/2021</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">02/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 13.95pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Other Workers</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">07/01/2012<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">06/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB4</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> 09/01/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB5</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2015*</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2020*</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">04/01/2022</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">1st: Priority Workers (Extraordinary ability aliens, multinational companies' executives/managers, outstanding prof./researchers)<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>2nd: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.<br /></span></span><span>3rd: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers (Unskilled.)<br /></span><span>4th: “Special Immigrants” (Religious & others)</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>5th: Employment Creation (Investors)</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">*China and India EB-5 visa numbers for rural, high unemployment & infrastructure areas/projects are current.</span></div><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><div><br /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298167524512875411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-57942250107786384832024-01-15T14:01:00.000-05:002024-01-15T14:01:08.425-05:00Nonimmigrant Visa Interview Waivers Extended Indefinitely<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PAsqSsQcEbAb2Dq7r_QmFwtRcf_wKYwGAyHIFcFY-z1Bn5fozf8ZYT-IMpM6kROnn3XeGVYRmctgPlip5s5rGSrOl2oVlF-x3k36-ayj9VW99ZcX4AFnxO4m_MV3oAnj9ogxhDUFKzQ_uwwpppzpyIlKlaQi-GVxj2GamOW9jcq0Z6ZWbqKFJr8Ga2Q/s612/Visa-image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PAsqSsQcEbAb2Dq7r_QmFwtRcf_wKYwGAyHIFcFY-z1Bn5fozf8ZYT-IMpM6kROnn3XeGVYRmctgPlip5s5rGSrOl2oVlF-x3k36-ayj9VW99ZcX4AFnxO4m_MV3oAnj9ogxhDUFKzQ_uwwpppzpyIlKlaQi-GVxj2GamOW9jcq0Z6ZWbqKFJr8Ga2Q/s320/Visa-image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Effective January 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of State announced that it will extend the current non-immigrant visa interview waivers indefinitely until further notice. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>GENERAL NON-IMMIGRANT VISA WAIVERS</u></b></p><p>Specifically, interviews are waived for these two categories of visa applicants:</p><p>1) First time H-2 visa applicants (temporary agricultural and non-agricultural workers); and</p><p>2) Other nonimmigrant visa applicants applying for any nonimmigrant visa classification who:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Were previously issued a nonimmigrant visa in any classification, unless the only prior issued visa was a B visa; and</li><li>Are applying within 48 months of their most recent nonimmigrant visa’s expiration date.</li></ul><p></p><p>This policy will be reviewed annually and is currently put in place until further notice. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>SAME CLASSIFICATION VISA RENEWAL WAIVERS</u></b></p><p>Additionally, applicants renewing a non-immigrant visa in the same classification within 48 months of the prior visa’s expiration date continue to be eligible for interview waiver until further notice. This includes the B visa. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>GENERAL REQUIREMENTS</u></b></p><p>In general, to be eligible for an interview waiver, applicants must also meet certain criteria:</p><p>1) They must apply in their country of nationality or residence.</p><p>2) They have never been refused a visa (unless such refusal was overcome or waived).</p><p>3) They have no apparent or potential ineligibility.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, The State Department emphasizes that in-person interviews may still be required on a case-by-case basis or because of local conditions. Applicants should confirm with their local U.S.Embassy or Consulate regarding their eligibility. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1a2d90; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-64380848091321291352023-12-26T15:48:00.001-05:002023-12-26T15:48:47.062-05:00Limited H-1B Domestic Visa Pilot Renewals Opens January 29, 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5wViedTZrGDZYTPSiLJR9s_WsnfZmYZj2e-xAkuSnXN4WtT0n-R2pTyGKFdBanM8LoMCz6DUFJI7EBtU0d0dsvxFHDMenmT5AFk5uLxNcFvQilW9ZpWSu9ADNS1BTPH4AI-jg1U-EtPF2g-7rDp8JIYawf985_lS-6Cn-05FjG1L6sR0z67msGbhhLY/s234/H-1B-Visa-colorful.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="126" data-original-width="234" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5wViedTZrGDZYTPSiLJR9s_WsnfZmYZj2e-xAkuSnXN4WtT0n-R2pTyGKFdBanM8LoMCz6DUFJI7EBtU0d0dsvxFHDMenmT5AFk5uLxNcFvQilW9ZpWSu9ADNS1BTPH4AI-jg1U-EtPF2g-7rDp8JIYawf985_lS-6Cn-05FjG1L6sR0z67msGbhhLY/w400-h215/H-1B-Visa-colorful.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On 12/21/2023, the State Department announced a pilot program to allow certain qualified H-1B non-immigrant visa applicants to renew their H-1B visas domestically. For the past 20 years, nonimmigrant visa applicants, including H-1B holders, have had to leave the U.S. in order to apply for/renew their nonimmigrant visas. With the pilot program, the State Department is going to test its technical and operational ability to resume domestic visa renewals for certain nonimmigrant visa holders. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>How does the pilot program work?</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The pilot program will be limited to certain H-1B holders who meet certain criteria. Applications will be processed on a “first-come, first-serve” basis. There are approximately 20,000 application slots available. Qualified applicants will need to complete and submit a DS-160 form and pay the required visa application fee at a State Department portal to participate. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Application slots will be released in batches. The State Department will release application slots weekly, for approximately 4,000 slots per week. There will be 2,000 slots for applicants whose most recent H-1B visas were issued by an Embassy/Consulate Office in Canada, and another 2000 for applicants whose most recent H-1B visas were issued by an Embassy Consulate Office in India each time. Application slots are planned to be available on 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, and 2/26 in 2024. Once the weekly limit is reached, the portal will be locked until the next release date. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">After submitting the DS-160 form and required fees, applicants will be provided a physical address to mail in their passports and supporting documents for review and adjudication. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It will take roughly 6 to 8 weeks for the State Department to process the application after receiving applicants' passports and other required documents, including passport photos. Applicants can check their application status at the CEAC status tracker portal after submission. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Expedited processing will not be available for the pilot program, but the State Department expects to complete processing of all applications by 5/1/2024. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The State Department will send the passports, with the issued visa, back to applicants by mail after adjudication. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Who is eligible?</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Applicants will need to meet the following requirements before they can apply to renew their H-1B visa domestically. </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Only seeks to renew an H-1B visa. No initial H-1B visa applications or H-4 dependent visa;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Prior H-1B visa that is being renewed was issued by the U.S. Embassy and Consulate Offices in Canada with an issuance date from 1/1/2020 through 4/1/2023; or by the U.S. Embassy and Consulate offices in India with an issuance date from 2/1/2021 through 9/30/2021;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Not subject to a nonimmigrant visa issuance fee (commonly referred to as a “reciprocity fee”);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Eligible for a waiver of in-person visa interview;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Submitted ten fingerprints in a previous visa application to State Department;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Prior visa does not include a “clearance received” annotation;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Do not require a waiver for visa ineligibility; </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Have an approved and unexpired H-1B petition; </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Most recent admission to the U.S. was in H-1B status;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Currently maintaining valid H-1B status in the United States with an unexpired I-94;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Intend to reenter the United States in H-1B status after a temporary period abroad. </li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">The State Department will also provide a navigator tool on the designated portal for applicants to perform a self-assessment before starting the domestic H-1B visa renewal application. As the self-assessment tool is just advisory, applications submitted by unqualified applicants will be returned adjudicated, and the visa application fees will not be refunded. </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>When does the program kick off?</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The program will accept applications from 1/29/2024 to 4/1/2024. Beginning the week of 1/29/2024, applicants can start submitting the domestic H-1B visa renewal application at the State Department designated website. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The application period will close when all applications are filled or on 4/1/2024, whichever comes first. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Next steps</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The pilot program is starting about a month from now. Interested applicants should look into the requirements to determine if they are eligible for participating in the program. If this initial launch goes well, the State Department may consider expanding the domestic visa renewal program to other nonimmigrant visa categories, such as H-4 dependent visas, as well. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">We will keep a close eye on the program and provide updates accordingly. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1a2d90; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298167524512875411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-6185470649987387212023-12-20T14:56:00.002-05:002024-01-16T17:49:46.940-05:00January 2024 Visa Bulletin: Significant Advancements for F2A Worldwide, EB-1 India<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_rFKkcgWiy3arM_IxJOl1DY2pN_c9ACV95sY2MLov1lfeGcSppMgW3eJK10V75LooxVwWYqfRtZ0hLEVOICAet5ym8DvBG7i4Z_ZMrLvBdqfhn8fSeVEnCoUhkvdPxaRPB3bozuG4fTZwut_Uh9r1ObK2kSX5skEY7TVzDU6AjXCuw6P-EZ6Xq-tXI8c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="131" data-original-width="320" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_rFKkcgWiy3arM_IxJOl1DY2pN_c9ACV95sY2MLov1lfeGcSppMgW3eJK10V75LooxVwWYqfRtZ0hLEVOICAet5ym8DvBG7i4Z_ZMrLvBdqfhn8fSeVEnCoUhkvdPxaRPB3bozuG4fTZwut_Uh9r1ObK2kSX5skEY7TVzDU6AjXCuw6P-EZ6Xq-tXI8c" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p>In the January 2024 visa bulletin, F2A worldwide advances 8 months; F2B Mexico advances 17 months. </p><p>For employment-based cases, EB-1 India jumps forward by 3 years and 8 months to 09/01/2020. EB-2 and EB-3 India advance 1 month, and EB-5 India advances almost 2 years. </p><p><span style="font-family: times;">USCIS will honor the dates in the Filing Date Chart for filing of both employment-based and family-based I-485 applications.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">AD: Dates for Final Action (Green Card Approval) </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">FD: Dates for Filing Applications Only</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin-left: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 588px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 19.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td colspan="2" style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 82pt;" width="109"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Family-based </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Other Countries</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">China</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" width="89"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">India</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mexico</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Philippines</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2015</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2017 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2017</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/01/2005 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2015</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F2A</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">11/01/2019<span> </span> </span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">11/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">11/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96">10/22/2019</td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">11/01/2019</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023<span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F2B</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">10/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">10/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">10/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>10/22/2003 </span> </span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"> 10/22/2011</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2004</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/01/2013</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F3</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>04/22/2009 </span><span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">04/22/2009</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">04/22/2009</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/08/1998</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/08/2002</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/15/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/08/2003</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F4</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/22/2007 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/22/2007</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/15/2005<span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/15/2000</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/15/2002</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2008<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2008</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">02/22/2006</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/15/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2004</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year).<br />2A: The 2 “A” preference is for Spouses and Children (under 21 & unmarried) of LPR's.<br />2B: The 2 “B” Preference is for Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 or older) of LPR's.<br />3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year)<br />4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens. (about 65,000 per year)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin-left: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 589px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 52.35pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td colspan="2" style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 82.4pt;" width="110"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Employment</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Other Countries</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">China</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">India</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Mexico</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Philippines</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 13.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">C</span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">07/01/2022</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"> 09/01/2020</td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">C</span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95">C</td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2021</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB2</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">11/01/2022</span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2020</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="bottom" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2012</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/01/2022<span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/01/2022</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">02/15/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">06/01/2020</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/15/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/15/2023</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB3</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">08/01/2022</span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2020</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">06/01/2012</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2022</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">08/01/2022</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">02/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">07/01/2021</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">02/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 13.95pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Other Workers</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">06/01/2012<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">06/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB4</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> 09/01/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2019</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB5</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">12/08/2015*</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2020*</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">04/01/2022</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">1st: Priority Workers (Extraordinary ability aliens, multinational companies' executives/managers, outstanding prof./researchers)<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>2nd: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.<br /></span></span><span>3rd: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers (Unskilled.)<br /></span><span>4th: “Special Immigrants” (Religious & others)</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>*Certain Religious Workers final action date visa numbers are "Unavailable".<br /></span><span>5th: Employment Creation (Investors)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">*China and India EB-5 visa numbers for rural, high unemployment & infrastructure areas/projects are current.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><div><br /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298167524512875411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-43460442025735209882023-12-11T12:25:00.003-05:002023-12-12T11:56:05.184-05:00Less employment-based immigrant visa numbers expected for FY 2024<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBn6ISgz-6dlWXDpmWKW0KHW0BIkTfAmqua_k-AkU-Yc0X3Iric4Nc-jULK4rm3GQ6bn7xNuJDsQ5sqinN_Cm2Emhw3XGnN1g6utmO5ERnCOcLsPV9relw7qr7BfHJiiJp_3AGLkzsgUzWGL0Lf9mFRZEqP-lMCzCK9KAOHZk9K6a9X-iTJZE_PzJq1B0/s507/Visa-passport.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="507" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBn6ISgz-6dlWXDpmWKW0KHW0BIkTfAmqua_k-AkU-Yc0X3Iric4Nc-jULK4rm3GQ6bn7xNuJDsQ5sqinN_Cm2Emhw3XGnN1g6utmO5ERnCOcLsPV9relw7qr7BfHJiiJp_3AGLkzsgUzWGL0Lf9mFRZEqP-lMCzCK9KAOHZk9K6a9X-iTJZE_PzJq1B0/s320/Visa-passport.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Congress by law allocates 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas annually for foreign nationals. However, due to other legal provisions, the actual number of available employment-based immigrant visa numbers fluctuate from year to year. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">For example, due to the pandemic, the EB-based visa numbers were increased substantially. According to the Department of Sate, the EB-based visa numbers were 281,507 for the FY 2022 - more than double the typical annual total - due to unused family-based visa numbers from FY 2021 being allocated to the next fiscal year's available EB-based visas. Unused family-based immigrant visa numbers can be used for employment-based categories by law. Most of the family-based immigrants apply for their visas in overseas countries. During COVID-19, many overseas American Embassies and Consulates were closed for business, drastically reducing the issuance of family-based immigrant visas. This resulted in substantial numbers of unused family-based visas, which were transferred to employment-based cases. By the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, 2022, the agencies were to able to use up all of these EB-based immigrant visas. A majority of these visa numbers (220,000) were allocated to applicants in the United States through the <a href="https://myimmigrationlawyer.blogspot.com/2019/12/apply-for-green-card-through-adjustment.html" target="_blank">Adjustment of Status process</a>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This trend continued in FY 2023. According to DOS, the FY 2023 employment-based annual limit was increased to 197,091, after capturing the unused family-based visa numbers from FY 2022. Of these visa numbers, 145,000 were used domestically by applicants who filed the I-485 Application to Adjust Status. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">USCIS and DOS have also provided estimates regarding the number of available employment-based immigrant visa numbers for FY 2024. DOS currently estimates that the FY 2024 employment-based annual limit will be reduced to approximately 161,000. Some unused family-sponsored visa numbers from FY 2023 will still be added to the employment-based limit for FY 2024. However, the extent will be less than previous years. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Beginning 10/01/2023, the start of fiscal year 2024, DOS began to allocate EB-based visa numbers from the estimated limit of 161,000. The changes are reflected in the October 2023 Visa Bulletin, which advancements of cutoff dates in many EB-based visa categories. Every Final Action Date in the Visa Bulletin has advanced from its level in September 2023 (or remained the same).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Still, the cutoff dates in some categories (e.g., EB-2 and EB-3 India) in the October 2023 Visa Bulletin have not advanced sufficiently to allow new applications. The reason is that, USCIS and DOS already have a significant number of pending EB-based <a href="https://myimmigrationlawyer.blogspot.com/2019/12/apply-for-green-card-through-adjustment.html" target="_blank">adjustment of status</a> and immigrant visa applications in their inventories. Both agencies already have sufficient number of pending applications to use up all the available visas for FY 2024 and beyond. As a result, by law, DOS was not able to advance the dates in the Visa Bulletin to allow additional EB-based visa applications to be filed. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In general, as the impact of COVID-19 subsides, the number of EB-based visa numbers will be normalized. As the overseas Consulates reopen and resume normal operations following the pandemic, fewer unused family based immigrant visa numbers are carrying over to increase the number of available EB-based immigrant visas. According to DOS, once there are no more unused family-based numbers, the annual number of available EB-based immigrant visas should gradually return to 140,000.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This limit of 140,000 was established by Congress more than three decades ago. It has been insufficient to meet the demand for EB-based immigrant visas in many visa categories, especially for applicants born in India and China. For example, in December 2023's Visa Bulletin, within EB-1, all countries, except India and China, are current. For EB-2, all countries' Final Action Dates are not "current". EB-2 China's and India's cutoff dates are respectively 01/01/2020 and 05/15/2012. The EB-3 categories are equally backlogged. Changes in law are unlikely in the near future, given the current partisan political situation in Congress. EB-based visa applicants would have to wait longer for their green cards. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1a2d90; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-22622084416628204632023-11-29T12:19:00.001-05:002023-11-29T12:19:34.574-05:00SEVIS Termination After Cap H-1B Consular Processing Approval?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-EXs2AaB7Jgkwb-szKGAXsSjyXabyWzjOEsufv4h2mHwZiv-cNFlnw6OZHnBcPJ3gk0LieLSxkglnXCz9l0GVV31b_B0BaToZE6dCFwqnZXQcszzqlAxeWZm0Xj4Jj3dmIWnhXMw73Eopk-HZc8sHw6qivSbKv6MOuznyW3STeX04b-34HGC_ctHyppQ/s500/classroom-with-1-student.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-EXs2AaB7Jgkwb-szKGAXsSjyXabyWzjOEsufv4h2mHwZiv-cNFlnw6OZHnBcPJ3gk0LieLSxkglnXCz9l0GVV31b_B0BaToZE6dCFwqnZXQcszzqlAxeWZm0Xj4Jj3dmIWnhXMw73Eopk-HZc8sHw6qivSbKv6MOuznyW3STeX04b-34HGC_ctHyppQ/s320/classroom-with-1-student.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Every year, many F-1 international students are named as beneficiaries in cap H-1B petitions to seek employment authorization. There are multiple ways H-1B status can be granted to an F-1 student. Most H-1B employers request that the F-1 student be granted a change of status from F-1 to H-1B. In this case, the student's status will be changed from F-1 to H-1B seamlessly. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">If the prospective H-1B worker is outside the U.S., employers will request the approval notice to be sent to an overseas U.S. consular office, so that the employee may apply for an H-1B visa to enter the U.S. to commerce H-1B employment. This process is known as “consular processing”. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">While consular processing usually is requested for employees who are outside the U.S., some F-1 students may choose this route even if they are staying in the U.S. One reason for this decision is that they want to exhaust the OPT/STEM OPT period before starting the H-1B employment period. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this situation, the SEVIS record should continue to reflect the student's F-1 or OPT status. However, there are still numerous reports that students' F-1 SEVIS records got automatically terminated on October 1st, even though consular notification was requested and approved in their H-1B petition. Several of our clients also encountered this issue recently. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">For example, one of our clients was currently in the last semester of his academic program, and had a cap H-1B consular processing approval. He was surprised to find out from his school that his F-1 SEVIS record was terminated on October 1st, 2023. Since his H-1B status was not yet effective, he suddenly became out of immigration status. Another client, who recently received her OPT work authorization and opted for consular processing, also received notice that her F-1 status would be terminated because of the H-1B approval. This means she would lose the unused portion of her OPT employment authorization.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If this happens, an F-1 student should contact their school DSO and/or program advisor immediately, and request the officer to perform a "data fix" to the SEVIS record to correct such mistakes in a timely manner. School DSOs should submit a data fix ticket to the SEVIS helpdesk for the correction. An I-797 approval notice reflecting the consular notification would usually be required in a data fix request. The specific language they should be looking for on the notice would be "(t)he above petition has been approved, and notification has been sent to the listed consulate". </p><p style="text-align: justify;">While the erroneous F-1 termination could be frustrating and terrifying, F-1 students should stay calm and take immediate action. Otherwise, their status and work authorization will be jeopardized, and a formal F-1 status reinstatement, which is more complicated and time-consuming, would be required. When in doubt, be sure to reach out to an experienced immigration attorney for advice and assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><div><br /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298167524512875411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-92082136304030243912023-11-20T15:53:00.001-05:002023-11-20T15:53:10.870-05:00Indian international students outnumbered Chinese students for the first time<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmxSEpumzJjAICmJIhXTfSpjnnr23jRpviEqo33JWeKOHy9peHP77uJMvKBnGz29PBYhwQlWqlKYm2yFtEM2eGYeHjuRwleMXO6Sige9E0BnJ4qI3zeGgwWB_mMqkOlotxj_NItSYzkD3f_M5_PAk_vlhqd_FIsHwhRxpQfmQhofK-wqsZQt-kW219ys/s500/student-happy-standing.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmxSEpumzJjAICmJIhXTfSpjnnr23jRpviEqo33JWeKOHy9peHP77uJMvKBnGz29PBYhwQlWqlKYm2yFtEM2eGYeHjuRwleMXO6Sige9E0BnJ4qI3zeGgwWB_mMqkOlotxj_NItSYzkD3f_M5_PAk_vlhqd_FIsHwhRxpQfmQhofK-wqsZQt-kW219ys/s320/student-happy-standing.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the first time since 2009, India has surpassed China in terms of the number of students studying in the United States. According to DHS statistics, as of September 2023, there were 320,000 Indian students studying in America, while the number of active Chinese student was 254,000.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For many years, China was the dominant source of F-1 international students, representing roughly one-third of foreign student populations. Covid-19 essentially halted the issuance of F-1 visas to foreign students for many months in 2021, including those from China. In 2021, the number of Indian students increased by 12% while the number of Chinese students dropped 8%. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As the U.S. gradually relaxed the entry and vaccination requirements for foreign students in 2022, the total number of active F-1 and M1 students rebounded to 1,362,157, representing a 10% increase from 2021.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Although the U.S. gradually reopened in 2022, China was still holding on to its "zero-Covid" policy. Even so, China still had more students studying in the U.S. than India that year. The number of Chinese and Indian students studying in the U.S. were respectively 324,196 and 297,151. However, the tide has finally turned in 2023. There are several reasons for this reversal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The rise of India's middle-class population has propelled the growth in foreign studies. Recent reports show that India's middle class has increased five-fold in the last nine years. Education is highly valued by Indian parents, just like their counterparts in China. It is only natural that they want to send their children to study in the U.S., where many world-class educational institutions are located. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For Chinese students, they were initially deterred by the anti-Chinese rhetoric during the pandemic, which resulted in a huge surge in Asian-hate crimes. A Trump-era policy of refusing visas to Chinese students and scholars with military ties has also contributed to the decline of the number of Chinese students. The struggling Chinese economy also makes it more difficult for middle-class families to send their children abroad. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chinese students also have other options for education, such as U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc., other than America. If they sense that they are not welcome here, they are less inclined to apply for American schools. The limited number of work visas (H-1B) after graduation has also forced some Chinese students to depart. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is not to say that Chinese students have stopped coming to the U.S. For K-12 education, China remains the number one country, sending 13,565 students to the U.S. in 2022, representing 25.3% (13,565) of all international students, followed by South Korea, which accounted for 7.6% (4,076) of K-12 foreign students. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The economic benefits of international students are significant to the United States. According to the National Foundation for American Policy, in just the 2021/22 academic year, college-level international students contributed $33.8 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 335,000 jobs. Some of these students, like Elon Musk, may go on to found multi-billion companies that will bring immeasurable benefits to American society. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-75017934424540831452023-11-20T12:05:00.004-05:002023-11-20T15:53:29.660-05:00December 2023 Visa Bulletin: Mild Advancement in China EB2 & EB3<p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwVlQMOyGycLunVLQNqTVF-1dVvyIDKYC-ojSNne_BkPHixL607hzRnh-WSKTaPDqvBknzRlBLvUaI_5b6vprgGQAPR9hkuLWqk3Ui_ThNbQW_qBP4fu_x078aSbuFg7y-e4iLzxd0Jd6v_opF8lYMbd55KyGnEY0uwhJ70W_LLiZcXwuXLF2CkbDhOI/s364/Visa-Bulletin-New.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="364" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwVlQMOyGycLunVLQNqTVF-1dVvyIDKYC-ojSNne_BkPHixL607hzRnh-WSKTaPDqvBknzRlBLvUaI_5b6vprgGQAPR9hkuLWqk3Ui_ThNbQW_qBP4fu_x078aSbuFg7y-e4iLzxd0Jd6v_opF8lYMbd55KyGnEY0uwhJ70W_LLiZcXwuXLF2CkbDhOI/s320/Visa-Bulletin-New.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"></b></span></b></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In the December Visa Bulletin, Family-based categories mostly stay the same. China's EB-2 & EB-3 advance 21 days. Visa numbers for certain religious workers becomes “Unavailable” in December. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">USCIS will honor the dates in the Filing Date Chart for filing of both employment-based and family-based I-485 applications.</span></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">AD: Dates for Final Action (Green Card Approval) </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">FD: Dates for Filing Applications Only</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin-left: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 588px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 19.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td colspan="2" style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 82pt;" width="109"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Family-based </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Other Countries</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">China</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" width="89"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">India</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mexico</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Philippines</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2015</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2017 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2017</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/01/2005 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2015</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F2A</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2019 </span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2019</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2019</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2019</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023<span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F2B</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/22/2015</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/22/2015</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/22/2015</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2002<span> </span> </span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"> 10/22/2011</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2004</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/01/2013</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F3</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/08/2009<span> </span><span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/08/2009</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/08/2009</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/22/1998</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/08/2002</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/15/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/08/2003</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F4</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2007 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2007</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/08/2005</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/15/2000</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">08/22/2002</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2008<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2008</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">02/22/2006</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/15/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2004</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year).<br />2A: The 2 “A” preference is for Spouses and Children (under 21 & unmarried) of LPR's.<br />2B: The 2 “B” Preference is for Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 or older) of LPR's.<br />3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year)<br />4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens. (about 65,000 per year)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin-left: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 589px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 52.35pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td colspan="2" style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 82.4pt;" width="110"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Employment</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Other Countries</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">China</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">India</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Mexico</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Philippines</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 13.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">C</span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">02/15/2022</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">C</span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95">C</td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2022</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">07/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB2</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">07/15/2022</span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/22/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="bottom" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2012</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">07/15/2022</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">07/15/2022</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">01/01/2020</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2023</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB3</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">12/01/2021</span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/22/2020</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2012</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2021</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2021</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">02/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">02/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 13.95pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Other Workers</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2016</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">05/01/2012<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">06/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB4*</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">03/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">03/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">03/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> 03/01/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">03/01/2019</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB5</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">10/01/2015*</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2018*</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">04/01/2022</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">1st: Priority Workers (Extraordinary ability aliens, multinational companies' executives/managers, outstanding prof./researchers)<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>2nd: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.<br /></span></span><span>3rd: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers (Unskilled.)<br /></span><span>4th: “Special Immigrants” (Religious & others)</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>*Certain Religious Workers final action date visa numbers are "Unavailable".<br /></span><span>5th: Employment Creation (Investors)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">*China and India EB-5 visa numbers for rural, high unemployment & infrastructure areas/projects are current.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><div><br /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298167524512875411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-6459365958193850262023-11-07T11:02:00.000-05:002023-11-07T11:02:01.567-05:00Former President Trump Vows to Carry Out Massive Deportation if Re-elected<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQboPGCPLqZlSNAVY3U7y-h8EjQ0Bfa2yJQ__Z3m7tYlQla-ABuYSOGexV-52CK4ZBfZ953MOymF5nPmCUrZu031sJRslmgilnTwHkmn9N1zpEH4ZuHeX83H2960iFWyH8Wdc7HP_31UoOZvxTsa9kRCcR6f7oyYJbDUPxqj7Fs538Yw1SoG7IzbVEn8/s275/trump.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQboPGCPLqZlSNAVY3U7y-h8EjQ0Bfa2yJQ__Z3m7tYlQla-ABuYSOGexV-52CK4ZBfZ953MOymF5nPmCUrZu031sJRslmgilnTwHkmn9N1zpEH4ZuHeX83H2960iFWyH8Wdc7HP_31UoOZvxTsa9kRCcR6f7oyYJbDUPxqj7Fs538Yw1SoG7IzbVEn8/s1600/trump.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="text-align: justify;">The 2024 United States presidential election will be held one year from now. As the forerunner of the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump has shared his agenda for immigration policy. Trump made some radical promises to conservative voters that have even surpassed himself. The following are some of Trump's immigration policies as reported by the media recently:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>Conduct a "massive deportation" to remove hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.</li></ul><ul><li>Sign an executive order to end birthright citizenship to children whose parents are not American citizens or legal residents.</li></ul><ul><li>Continue to build and extend the border wall on the southern border.</li></ul><ul><li>Limit political asylum to foreigners, and require them to wait for their hearings in Mexico.</li></ul><ul><li>Give the National Guard and state officials the authority to arrest and deport immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. </li></ul><ul><li>Deny legal immigration based on the applicants' ideological beliefs, such as Marxists and communists.</li></ul><ul><li><span style="text-align: left;">Halt refugee admissions from the Middle East.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="text-align: left;">Expand the travel ban to bar the entry of citizens from certain countries, most of them majority Muslim or African.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="text-align: left;">Revive Title 42 pandemic-era policy</span><span style="text-align: left;"> to expel migrants on public health grounds, including unaccompanied children.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As usual, Trump's rhetoric is characterized by intimidation and high-handed tactics. However, many of Trump's bold promises may be appealing to his supporters but will not likely materialize because of legal, operational and humanitarian challenges. For example, the birthright citizenship has been guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution for decades. To amend the Constitution would require a two-thirds majority vote in both Chambers of the Congress or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures, both of which are extremely unlikely. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Deporting hundreds of thousands of individuals would require tremendous amount of resources that our government simply does not have now. Many illegal immigrants have already built a life here, and deporting them would mean taking away somebody's husband, wife, father, mother, etc. The humanitarian concerns and social issues involved would be difficult to justify. Legally, his policies will certainly face tough legal challenges in court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Immigration will likely continue to be a hot topic in the presidential debates. Despite the polarized positions of the political parties, most politicians agree that immigration reform is overdue. For instance, we need a better system to attract and retain talent from other countries. It is hoped that these debates will result in a comprehensive immigration plan that is both fair and humane. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #1c2eff; font-family: times; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: start;"><u><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: start;"> </span></p><p><br /></p>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-28609864041856487862023-10-30T15:03:00.004-04:002023-10-30T17:36:26.210-04:00Change of Employer in the middle of Green Card Application Process<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CxGyRWl4BoMMr9PIlQYzhPcAy8ak3wyre3VOjrzzb7Qj-9uwyQd6r8oANSf9Tso8rSnhfjpxexTeTXj4TMrWEiB2mJiNXR4JC71qUlX4UOA5N5vkNRndmLvmiy6-oOIw2oKj5Ir7nkthPLiJjEvCg1tDl4TgWej-_T-F2rzmd7kbTtpwx54mAd0M2ZE/s3500/pexels-anna-tarazevich-5598285.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="3500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CxGyRWl4BoMMr9PIlQYzhPcAy8ak3wyre3VOjrzzb7Qj-9uwyQd6r8oANSf9Tso8rSnhfjpxexTeTXj4TMrWEiB2mJiNXR4JC71qUlX4UOA5N5vkNRndmLvmiy6-oOIw2oKj5Ir7nkthPLiJjEvCg1tDl4TgWej-_T-F2rzmd7kbTtpwx54mAd0M2ZE/s320/pexels-anna-tarazevich-5598285.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Phone by Anna-Tarazevich</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.1visa1.com" target="_blank">By Paul Szeto Esq.</a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Change of jobs is quite common in today's job market. One may decide or be forced to change jobs due to company down-sizing, reorganizations, better opportunities, family situations, etc. However, for foreign workers in the United States, they have more to consider in deciding whether to change employers or not. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the majority of cases, foreign nationals require sponsorship by a U.S. employer in order to be able to work legally in the country. For example, a professional worker who works under the H-1B visa program requires a separate employer application for each position that they engage in. The situation becomes more complicated if they are in the middle of their green card application process. Would the employer cancel the green card application after their departure? Can a foreign worker somehow transfer the pending case to a new employer? These are critical questions for foreign workers to consider.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>The two main applications involved are the I-140 visa petition filed by the employer and the I-485 adjustment application filed by the applicant. A job-changing employee's options largely depend on the status of each or both of these applications in the green card application process. </div><div><br /></div><div>The best case scenario for a foreign worker is that they have properly submitted their I-485 application, and it has been pending for at least 180 days. In this case, the foreign worker is allowed to "port"or move the whole green card application to a new employer under section 204(j) of the INA, provided certain technical requirements are met. The foreign worker should be able to continue with their application unless the I-140 petition was somehow subsequently revoked based on substantive reasons. What if the I-485 was pending for less than 180 days? It would then depend on the employer actions. If the I-140 is ultimately approved and remains approved for 180 days, the case can go on as above. If the I-140 was withdrawn or cancelled by the employer within 180 days, then the foreign worker would not derive any benefits at all and must restart their application again.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes, an employee has to change jobs with only a pending or approved I-140 petition. In this situation, porting of the green card application to a new employer would not be possible. However, if the I-140 petition filed by the initial employer has been approved and remains approved for at least 180 days, the employee can generally be able to keep the priority date for future applications. Still, the ability to be able to keep one's priority date is a huge advantage, given the long waiting times for immigrant visas. A new employer must restart the application process again, typically from PERM labor application, but the employee would be able to keep their “space in line,” so to speak. If an employer decides to cancel or withdraw the I-140 petition after 180 days, it would not make a difference. </div><div><br /></div><div>Due to visa shortage, many foreign workers must wait years before they can receive their employment-based green cards. During this lengthy application process, job changes are sometimes inevitable. Foreign workers should always be on the lookout for possible employment changes. Careful planning and correct legal information would enable them to make the transition safely. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2eff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: start;" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-83386602731357784992023-10-24T17:51:00.000-04:002023-10-24T17:51:14.954-04:00DHS Proposal to Modernize H-1B Program: Self-Petitions Allowed<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwUBN7rNy_CowKdyDNhEXuT0K_gvczx010-qyeezDJpoLXGVeDwJZFF45nfTDS0FLcNn9hz-pv-gnMwsZJ_7MVw-BhCiMHPrMZumfL26rWwXDlXqPDWt-SzIGGUNLJSLATruDU7Sf-ayUT8G30j0w6MadjeWHM-xVsQKqNeIXUnFv0dehHtMhlUTFme0/s612/Breaking-news-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="612" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwUBN7rNy_CowKdyDNhEXuT0K_gvczx010-qyeezDJpoLXGVeDwJZFF45nfTDS0FLcNn9hz-pv-gnMwsZJ_7MVw-BhCiMHPrMZumfL26rWwXDlXqPDWt-SzIGGUNLJSLATruDU7Sf-ayUT8G30j0w6MadjeWHM-xVsQKqNeIXUnFv0dehHtMhlUTFme0/s320/Breaking-news-3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On 10/23/2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled a significant rule titled "Modernizing H–1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F–1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Non-immigrant Workers." This rule, with potential far-reaching implications, proposes a host of changes to the H-1B visa program, which will be the focus of this article. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>H-1B cap lottery:</b> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Each beneficiary will be considered a unique entry for the visa lottery, regardless of the number of registrations that have been entered on their behalf. Registrations by related entities are prohibited.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Revised definition of an H-1B employer:</b> DHS abandons the common-law definition of an employer. Instead, </span><span style="text-align: left;">a petitioner-employer must have a bona fide job offer for the beneficiary to work within the U.S., a legal presence and is amenable to service of process in the U.S. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Codified employer-employee relationship:</b> A petitioner needs to only prove that it has the authority to hire, pay, fire, supervise, or otherwise control the work of the beneficiary.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Bona-fide offer of employment</b>: Contracts, agreements, work orders, etc., can be requested to prove the existence of a bona-fide job offer. Bona-fide job offers may include ‘‘telework, remote work, or other off-site work within the U.S.’’</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Self-petitions Allowed:</b> The rule allows a beneficiary to own or control the petitioning entity. The beneficiary may spend time directing and managing the operations of the entity, as long as the beneficiary will perform specialty occupation duties a majority of the time. However, DHS will only approve the first two petitions filed by such beneficiary-owner for a maximum of 18 months. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Definition of specialty occupation clarified:</b> An occupation “normally” requiring a bachelor’s degree doesn’t mean that it must “always” require a bachelor’s degree. Further, a broad range of degrees can be required for a specialty occupation, so long as the subjects of these degrees are related to the specialty occupation.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Third party placement: </b>If an employee is placed to work at a third party client's organizational hierarchy, the job duties of the third party client will be used to determine whether the position is a specialty occupation. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Deference to prior approvals:</b> The rule will codify the policy of giving deference to prior adjudications of H-1B and other non-immigrant petitions, if there have been no material changes in facts and circumstances. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cap-gap extension extended</b>: The rule proposes to extend the current gap-gap extension end date from October 1 to April 1 of the following year, while F-1 students are waiting for their H-1B petitions to be adjudicated. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Evidence of maintenance of status:</b> H-1B petition must be filed with proof of the beneficiary's immigration status, including copies of recent pay stubs and W-2 annual pay statements. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Redefining “nonprofit research organization” and “governmental research organization”: </b> The rule proposes to replace “primarily engaged” with “a fundamental activity of”. Hence, a nonprofit entity that conducts research as a fundamental activity but is not primarily engaged in research can also meet the definition of a nonprofit research entity. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The public has 60 days to comment on the proposed rule, and it will take longer for DHS to consider these comments and finalize the rule. However, DHS has indicated that H-1B cap anti-fraud provisions are a priority, so those provisions may be finalized first before the 2024 H-1B lottery. Stay tuned for further details.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-8347839279808155982023-10-19T17:37:00.001-04:002023-10-19T17:37:38.049-04:00November 2023 Visa Bulletin: USCIS Honors Employment Filing Date Chart<p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwVlQMOyGycLunVLQNqTVF-1dVvyIDKYC-ojSNne_BkPHixL607hzRnh-WSKTaPDqvBknzRlBLvUaI_5b6vprgGQAPR9hkuLWqk3Ui_ThNbQW_qBP4fu_x078aSbuFg7y-e4iLzxd0Jd6v_opF8lYMbd55KyGnEY0uwhJ70W_LLiZcXwuXLF2CkbDhOI/s364/Visa-Bulletin-New.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="364" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwVlQMOyGycLunVLQNqTVF-1dVvyIDKYC-ojSNne_BkPHixL607hzRnh-WSKTaPDqvBknzRlBLvUaI_5b6vprgGQAPR9hkuLWqk3Ui_ThNbQW_qBP4fu_x078aSbuFg7y-e4iLzxd0Jd6v_opF8lYMbd55KyGnEY0uwhJ70W_LLiZcXwuXLF2CkbDhOI/s320/Visa-Bulletin-New.PNG" width="320" /></a></b></div><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The November Visa Bulletin is rather static after last month's significant advancements in Employment-based categories. USCIS will honor the dates in the Filing Date Chart for filing of employment-based I-485 applications.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">AD: Dates for Final Action (Green Card Approval) </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">FD: Dates for Filing Applications Only</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin-left: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 588px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 19.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td colspan="2" style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 82pt;" width="109"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Family-based </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Other Countries</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">China</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" width="89"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">India</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mexico</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 19.75pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Philippines</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2015</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2015</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2017 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2017</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/01/2005 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2015</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F2A</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2019 </span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2019</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2019</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">02/08/2019</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023<span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">09/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F2B</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/22/2015</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/22/2015</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/22/2015</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>05/01/2002<span> </span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"> 10/22/2011</td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2004</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/01/2013</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F3</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/08/2009<span> </span><span> </span></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/08/2009</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/08/2009</span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/22/1998</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/08/2002</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">06/15/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11/08/2003</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 46.1pt;" width="61"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">F4</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2007 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2007</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/08/2005</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">09/15/2000</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">08/22/2002</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 15.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 35.85pt;" valign="top" width="48"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2008<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">03/01/2008</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 66.6pt;" valign="top" width="89"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">02/22/2006</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.75pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/15/2001</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 15.8pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.5pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">04/22/2004</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year).<br />2A: The 2 “A” preference is for Spouses and Children (under 21 & unmarried) of LPR's.<br />2B: The 2 “B” Preference is for Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 or older) of LPR's.<br />3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year)<br />4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens. (about 65,000 per year)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin-left: 0.75pt; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 589px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 52.35pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td colspan="2" style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 82.4pt;" width="110"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Employment</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Other Countries</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">China</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">India</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Mexico</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 52.35pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Philippines</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 13.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">C</span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">02/15/2022</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">C</span></p></td><td style="height: 13.7pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95">C</td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2022</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">07/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB2</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">07/15/2022</span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="bottom" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2012</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">07/15/2022</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">07/15/2022</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">01/01/2020</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2023</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">01/01/2023</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB3</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">12/01/2021</span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2020</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2012</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2021</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">12/01/2021</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">02/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">09/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">02/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2023</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 13.95pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Other Workers</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2016</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">05/01/2012<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 13.95pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">05/01/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">06/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">08/01/2012</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">05/15/2020</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB4*</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2019</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">03/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">03/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">03/01/2019</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> 03/01/2019</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">03/01/2019</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td rowspan="2" style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 55.4pt;" width="74"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">EB5</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">10/01/2015*</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12/15/2018*</span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 11.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 26.95pt;" valign="top" width="36"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">FD</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.4pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">01/01/2017</span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">04/01/2022</span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 69.45pt;" valign="top" width="93"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td><td style="background: rgb(75, 172, 198); height: 11.9pt; padding: 0in; width: 71.55pt;" valign="top" width="95"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.15pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">1st: Priority Workers (Extraordinary ability aliens, multinational companies' executives/managers, outstanding prof./researchers)<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>2nd: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.<br /></span></span><span>3rd: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers (Unskilled.)<br /></span><span>4th: “Special Immigrants” (Religious & others)<br /></span><span>5th: Employment Creation (Investors)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;">*China and India EB-5 visa numbers for rural, high unemployment & infrastructure areas/projects are current.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><div><br /></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298167524512875411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-83208126059746807582023-10-19T14:34:00.001-04:002023-10-19T14:34:35.813-04:00Pilot Program for Domestic H-1B Visa Renewals<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOQYUehobhL8UPHZiMgNvoZIDK4LXR0hmdASAM4R56dxLVdI0q4bNB_e6MEgdwsbIITbzSruF30fszofhQsabq9XVF5XxKTJo5b_gF5aWlt9bFt3ZqQP9IybNlqPfikEm0-lV7L-yVEY1jEtlC9TTS2vwskACqxh1lOxXHmfqP1raLs7GLfoXrPmyZ0Q/s612/Visa-image2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOQYUehobhL8UPHZiMgNvoZIDK4LXR0hmdASAM4R56dxLVdI0q4bNB_e6MEgdwsbIITbzSruF30fszofhQsabq9XVF5XxKTJo5b_gF5aWlt9bFt3ZqQP9IybNlqPfikEm0-lV7L-yVEY1jEtlC9TTS2vwskACqxh1lOxXHmfqP1raLs7GLfoXrPmyZ0Q/s320/Visa-image2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Many foreign workers have asked for a way to renew their work visas without leaving the United States. It is finally here. A pilot program to allow stateside visa renewal has finally gained traction. As a starter, H-1B workers in the U.S. would have an opportunity to renew their visas domestically within the U.S. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">On 10/17/2023, the U.S. Department of State submitted a document entitled: "Pilot Program to Resume Renewal of H-1B Nonimmigrant Visas in the United States for Certain Qualified Noncitizens" for final regulatory review. The document formally kicks off this domestic visa renewal program for H-1B workers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">According to Bloomberg, this pilot program is under White House review for final approval. The details are still sketchy. What is clear is that the pilot program allows only H-1B workers to renew their visas domestically. It is likely that a quota of visa renewals will be imposed. Further, H-1B workers are expected to meet certain criteria before they are allowed to renew their visas without departure. For example, previous violations would disqualify an applicant for the program. The requirements should be similar to the interview waiver program implemented for overseas visa applications. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The pilot program is good news for H-1B workers. Currently, they must depart the U.S. to apply for a visa, and they must successfully obtain the visa before they can return to the United States. These workers are often forced to wait for many months abroad due to backlog of cases and administrative processing. Such delays have caused separation to families and workforce disruptions.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The State Department discontinued domestic visa renewals about 20 years ago. The pilot program is the first step in an attempt to revive this important program, as urged by foreign workers, employers, and immigration practitioners. We expect the White House to give the green light to the pilot program. Stay tuned for more updates.</p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></a></p><p><br style="background-color: white;" /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-5490434467986426282023-10-13T15:50:00.004-04:002023-10-13T15:50:35.638-04:00Submission of Asylum Applications After Termination of Removal Proceedings<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WozSbDVj4-ehTJXew0sAgI-Dau7rE4gpY6R3nAUJva8kzdBPfwvurXNSa2j673JaXgl7_XvwBnxG2VWdNsP7zMTyWkAiCJmQgCf-yptUtP0cp91CTsCVZqQRr3y2GZTYLKW4ytT0t-ho9McclhyphenhyphenjEoYT3ZItLaPOqB8OC7poMhVEYLkaHV2vbdHYpGg/s600/Library-shelf.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="600" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WozSbDVj4-ehTJXew0sAgI-Dau7rE4gpY6R3nAUJva8kzdBPfwvurXNSa2j673JaXgl7_XvwBnxG2VWdNsP7zMTyWkAiCJmQgCf-yptUtP0cp91CTsCVZqQRr3y2GZTYLKW4ytT0t-ho9McclhyphenhyphenjEoYT3ZItLaPOqB8OC7poMhVEYLkaHV2vbdHYpGg/s320/Library-shelf.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white;">On 10/13/2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued new instructions regarding submission of asylum applications by individuals after dismissal or termination of removal proceedings by Immigration Court/EOIR: </span><div><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; color: black; width: 700px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a id="m_-4148887461703120060gd_top" name="m_-4148887461703120060_gd_top" style="color: #222222;"></a></span><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Effective Oct. 16, 2023, if EOIR dismissed or terminated your removal proceedings and you choose to pursue a claim for asylum, you must submit a current version of <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnVzY2lzLmdvdi9pLTU4OSIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzEwMTMuODQwNTQwMjEifQ.hNYfR5Ar3gTHbZtEQSK1vYeg5BcGIpta3AwPvEpsiEo/s/943484890/br/228020409940-l&source=gmail&ust=1697312474836000&usg=AOvVaw0mmOIAJgHWU0adjPwH_52a" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnVzY2lzLmdvdi9pLTU4OSIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzEwMTMuODQwNTQwMjEifQ.hNYfR5Ar3gTHbZtEQSK1vYeg5BcGIpta3AwPvEpsiEo/s/943484890/br/228020409940-l" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal</a>, to the USCIS lockbox that has jurisdiction over your place of residence. If you had a pending asylum application when EOIR dismissed or terminated your removal proceedings, you should include in your submission any additional or updated information regarding your claim for asylum. We also recommend that you submit proof demonstrating that:</span></i></p><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">EOIR dismissed or terminated your removal proceedings, such as a copy of the EOIR Order of Dismissal or Termination; and</span></i></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">You had a Form I-589 pending with EOIR when your removal proceedings were dismissed or terminated.</span></i></li></ul><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">If the evidence establishes that you filed Form I-589 before the date when EOIR dismissed or terminated your removal proceedings, we will issue a receipt notice with your original Form I-589 filing date. This is the date we will use for purposes of the one-year filing deadline, employment authorization eligibility based on a pending asylum application, asylum interview scheduling priority, and age determinations for child dependent applicants. If you did not file Form I-589 before the date when EOIR dismissed or terminated your removal proceedings, we will issue a receipt notice with your current Form I-589 filing date.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you originally filed an asylum application with USCIS (known as an affirmative asylum application), and we referred, forwarded, or transferred your asylum application to immigration court where it remained pending until the removal proceedings were dismissed or terminated, we intend to issue a new discretionary Notice to Appear to send your application back to EOIR if you file a new asylum application.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></a></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-4195839147598892172023-10-05T17:38:00.004-04:002023-10-12T12:28:40.333-04:00Green Card Lottery: 2025 Diversity Visa Program is Now Open!<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PJ8SgwN1QxV2SNxj9gTFMTYr3YEpzoYPTiDvPo4uIvgMdmFDLnpD2CaT08eYMs3L_qruYJ_rpfAR6qXPqnHhgkrVwfKrRwrqdoibmPQfHpqzsOpYrUAQ5lwuWy_ZT9Y5yQFMU51yFSMMbZQXgpk0uHZV68mSmow-pwQfaSBgRMSXBp4AOZf0OkrvrfY/s612/lottery-balls2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="612" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PJ8SgwN1QxV2SNxj9gTFMTYr3YEpzoYPTiDvPo4uIvgMdmFDLnpD2CaT08eYMs3L_qruYJ_rpfAR6qXPqnHhgkrVwfKrRwrqdoibmPQfHpqzsOpYrUAQ5lwuWy_ZT9Y5yQFMU51yFSMMbZQXgpk0uHZV68mSmow-pwQfaSBgRMSXBp4AOZf0OkrvrfY/s320/lottery-balls2.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Diversity Visa Program is an American immigrant visa program created by Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote diversity. It is also known as the "Green Card Lottery." It is an annual program which opens to all individuals worldwide, with approximately 55,000 visas available. The DV-2025 program already opened on October 4, 2023. </span></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What are the costs?</b></div></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br /></span></u><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">The lottery is free of charge to enter. It is an official U.S. government immigration program supervised by the U.S. Department of State. The department has set up an official website where all applications have to be submitted. </span></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><b>Who is eligible to apply?</b></span></div></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br />For DV-2025, natives of the following countries are <u>not </u>eligible to apply because there were more than 50,000 people immigrated to the United States from these countries in the previous five years:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, The People’s Republic of China (including mainland and Hong Kong born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Venezuela, and Vietnam. </span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Despite the fact that people born in mainland China and Hong Kong are not eligible for DV-2025, those who were born in Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible to apply. </span><o:p></o:p><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><b>United Kingdom</b> and its dependent territories are eligible countries for DV-2025.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br />If one was not born in an eligible country, there are two other ways that the person may quality to apply:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br />(1) If the person's spouse was born in an eligible country, then the person can claim the spouse's country of birth as their birth country to apply. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br />(2) If an applicant was born in an ineligible country, he may claim one of his parents' eligible country of birth if two requirements are met: a) Neither of the applicant's parents were born in applicant's country of birth, and b) They were not legal residents of applicant's country of birth at the time when the applicant was born. For example, if an applicant was both born in mainland China, but her parents were born in Malaysia (an eligible country). As long as both parents were not legal residents of</span> China when applicant was born, the applicant may claim Malaysia as her birth country for DV-2025.</span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What are the education and work experience requirements?</b></div></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br />An applicant must either have a high school education or its equivalent, defined as successful completion of a 12-year course of elementary and secondary education; or two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience to perform.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>When and how to submit an entry?</b></div></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Entries for the DV-2025 program must be submitted electronically. Applicants may access the electronic DV Entry Form (E-DV) at dvprogram.state.gov during the registration period. Paper entries will not be accepted. DV-2025 registration began at 12:00 pm (EST) on October 4, 2023, and will continue until 12:00 pm (EST) on November 7, 2023. A unique confirmation number will be issued after an application has been successfully submitted.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">What information is required?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Principal entrants are required to provide their biographic information including: their name, date of birth, city and country of birth, mailing address, country of residence, marital status, country of eligibility, spouse, and children's information, the highest level of education, information about their passport, etc. They must also submit a digital photo that meets the program technical requirements.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How to find out the results of the lottery?</span></span></span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">The U.S. State Department will use a computerized random selection process to select winners from among qualified entries. All entrants must go to the Entrant Status Check using the unique confirmation number saved from their DV-2025 online entry registration to find out whether their entry has been selected in the DV program. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Entrant Status Check will be available on the E-DV website at dvprogram.state.gov from May 4, 2024, through at least September 30, 2025. Selectees will be directed to a confirmation page with further instructions to proceed.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>How to improve the odds for selection?</b></span></p><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The DV program has very strict technical requirements for submission. Entries not following the official instructions and requirements will be rejected and disqualified. Furthermore, fraudulent or multiple entries will be rejected. To legally improve the odds for selection, all eligible family members should enter the lottery. Do not wait until the last week of the registration period to enter. Heavy demand may result in website issues and delays. When in doubt, don't hesitate to seek advice from a qualified immigration attorney.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></a></p><p><br style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;" /></p></span></div>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-56254986052271253512023-10-04T12:01:00.003-04:002023-10-04T12:32:57.454-04:00Pros and Cons of 5-year EADs<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJ25DsRS8J2IJefAktoiLW8KGmNaO15EcGBYvdzsJERedMwrZHnZNfG_JXcAInIDWThU3WzL9Wpc3FFmu3svZWmHBEnT0PLoH-FDKdwGkUWYOZWFs-I8AsilhravurLZ3xMLhim89B8w8oj4w0tnGuzXD3P1a0ayzuY9KzNdOxt_U4E9FgrWKx7GxSRQ/s289/EAD-5-year.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="289" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJ25DsRS8J2IJefAktoiLW8KGmNaO15EcGBYvdzsJERedMwrZHnZNfG_JXcAInIDWThU3WzL9Wpc3FFmu3svZWmHBEnT0PLoH-FDKdwGkUWYOZWFs-I8AsilhravurLZ3xMLhim89B8w8oj4w0tnGuzXD3P1a0ayzuY9KzNdOxt_U4E9FgrWKx7GxSRQ/s1600/EAD-5-year.JPG" width="289" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="text-align: justify;">Since 09/27/2023, USCIS has increased the maximum validity period of certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) from two years to five years. The change will apply to EAD applications filed by applicants for adjustment of status based on family and employment categories, applicants filing as refugees and asylees, and also recipients of withholding of removal. The increase applies to both initial applications and renewal applications.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The initial reaction to this sudden change in USCIS policy has been mostly positive. Increasing the validity period of EADs has some obvious advantages. For one thing, it provides more stability for applicants who need to apply for employment, sign a lease or secure a mortgage for a new home. Further, it saves time and resources by reducing the number of I-765 applications for EADs. In fact, this is the main reason behind the sudden policy change. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>AC-21 Extensions vs. EAD</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Another side effect of 5-year EADs is that H-1B workers may no longer have to file multiple H-1B extensions to obtain employment authorization. Under the current policy, a foreign worker is only entitled to a maximum of six years of H-1B status. At the end of the six years, they will lose their H-1B status unless they are able to file for further extensions based on the provisions of the AC-21. AC-21 §106(a) allows one-year extensions of H-1B status if the applicant has a pending green card application for 365 days or longer. Under AC-21 § 104(c), an H-1B worker may request for three-year extensions of their status if they have an approved I-140 petition but visa numbers are unavailable. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">With a five-year EAD, H-1B workers may decide not to apply for AC-21 extensions. In fact, such decisions are often based on economic reasons. An H-1B employer may be less inclined to agree to pay for the fees for extension of status, if they know that an employee has secured a five-year EAD. Under the current immigration policy, fees associated with H-1B filings are the employer's responsibility.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Pitfalls of 5-year EADs</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">But, is it really a good idea to just rely on one's EAD? USCIS reminds applicants that an EAD is an ancillary application. It means that the validity of an EAD is tied to the applicant's adjustment of status application. If the underlying I-485 application is denied or terminated for whatever reason, the accompanying EAD may also be terminated before its expiration date. If that happens, one would lose their employment authorization. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Further, adjustment applicants are not in any immigration status under the current policy; rather, they are only authorized to stay in the United States pending adjudication of their I-485 applications. Denial of the I-485 means that they are no longer in any valid immigration status. As a result, they would not be able to change or adjust their status in the United States, unless they fall under one of the limited legal exceptions. If so, they would be forced to depart the United States to avoid unlawful presence.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>What about Advance Parole?</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">For applicants for adjustment of status, they almost always apply for both EADs and advance parole travel documents simultaneously. Advance parole allows them to return to the United States after foreign travel without abandoning their adjustment applications. USCIS has issued "combo cards" for both EAD and advance parole in the past. Thus far, USCIS has not announced an increase in advance parole duration. If so, one would expect that five-year combo cards would not be available. It means that applicants must continue to renew their advance parole every year. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Conclusion</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Five-year EADs certainly save resources and administrative processing time. It also brings some conveniences to many applicants. However, one should note that not application categories are eligible for five-year EADs. For example, the announcement does not cover H-4 EADs unless these applicants have also filed for adjustment of status. Further, H-1B workers should understand that relying solely on long-term EADs without maintaining H-1B status is risky. It is strongly recommended that one should maintain a valid immigration status at all times, if it is at all possible. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-80478706132101625812023-09-25T14:43:00.000-04:002023-09-25T14:43:00.024-04:00Biometrics Fee Exempt for ALL I-539 Applications<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_dC0xNo1Vr5pTIFG4GGpzsg4uqK6ChbfIlVrQYKm4SVZQQsbH-53eTAAtWdU1kr4EMfGID1bOU7TOMoqdr7hJLS7_xVe73bXGoq2mDzcORaI67vUV4xUEYaj-yBI6kzqVBdjD_PeionhzwmgHt-x9nRl7M_Kdi_zLAYIKRSKbVsc2utLuNCZCkCM3ww/s259/breaking%20news.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="259" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_dC0xNo1Vr5pTIFG4GGpzsg4uqK6ChbfIlVrQYKm4SVZQQsbH-53eTAAtWdU1kr4EMfGID1bOU7TOMoqdr7hJLS7_xVe73bXGoq2mDzcORaI67vUV4xUEYaj-yBI6kzqVBdjD_PeionhzwmgHt-x9nRl7M_Kdi_zLAYIKRSKbVsc2utLuNCZCkCM3ww/s1600/breaking%20news.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Yes, that's right -- USCIS just announced today that it will exempt the biometric services fee for all Form I-539s. Form I-539 is used by foreign nationals to change and/or extend their non-immigrant visa status in the United States. Typically, the I-539 is used to change status to H-4, F-1, B-2, etc. </p><p>As of Oct 1st, the $85 biometric fee will be exempt for all I-539 applications. The exemption will apply to all I-539 applications post-marked on or after Oct.1st. Additionally, most applicants who file their I-539 on or after Oct. 1st will not be scheduled for a biometric appointment.</p><p>Previously, USCIS has exempt biometric fees and appointments for I-539s requesting an extension of stay in or change of status to H-4, L-2, or E nonimmigrant status through 09/30/2023. Today's excemption covers all I-539 applications.</p><p>Applicants who has filed their Form I-539 prior to Oct. 1st may still be scheduled for an ASC appointment and should still attend that appointment as scheduled. </p><p>It is important to pay the correct filing fees. Starting Oct. 1st, applications submitted with one check for both the I-539 application fee and the biometric fee will be rejected. However, applications with a combined credit card payment will not be rejected. In this case, USCIS will only charge the application fee to the credit card.</p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657508809156046957.post-67791647702063536852023-09-25T14:23:00.000-04:002023-09-25T14:23:13.367-04:00E-2 Visa for Taiwanese Starting a Business in the U.S. <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VMVrpfsscU0jCGrnYOzVz2zU8cWllaNSdkqvrvCfBGwkNZ40rbG-BP554Y8LQwP4D8VklUt8MW-Efh3wwKhWmy2ehIw5s08rH0KQl5XLOAAkUNc59JWoAnhDTSB0rBhqJxgRTsSJ30J1VuyDayXujoYNpLL7aUMr-QwrMVRi5WRrectcuv29kpX_FIk/s3317/pexels-belle-co-981152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2211" data-original-width="3317" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VMVrpfsscU0jCGrnYOzVz2zU8cWllaNSdkqvrvCfBGwkNZ40rbG-BP554Y8LQwP4D8VklUt8MW-Efh3wwKhWmy2ehIw5s08rH0KQl5XLOAAkUNc59JWoAnhDTSB0rBhqJxgRTsSJ30J1VuyDayXujoYNpLL7aUMr-QwrMVRi5WRrectcuv29kpX_FIk/w400-h266/pexels-belle-co-981152.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Belle Co </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Taiwanese citizens who wish to live and work in the United States should consider applying for an E-2 visa. There are many advantages to holding an E-2 visa. It allows the visa holder to live and work in the U.S. indefinitely. Their family members can also work and study here. They can apply for driver's licenses and social security numbers. Hence, an E-2 visa functions more or less like a green card in many respects. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Who is eligible to apply for an E-2 visa?</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The E-2 Treaty Investor visa is for citizens of countries with which the U.S. maintains treaties of commerce and navigation. Taiwan is one of the countries with such a treaty with America. The investor must be a Taiwanese citizen. Certain employees with supervisor responsibilities or specialized skills of a Taiwanese company may also be eligible, if at least 50 percent of the business is owned by Taiwanese citizens. The E-2 visa is essentially a visa to start and operate a business in the U.S. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Basic requirements for an E-2 visa?</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The precise legal requirements for E-2 visa are rather technical. But generally speaking, there are several major requirements. First, the investment must be substantial, and the funds have to be real and irrevocable. A substantial investment here does not mean millions of dollars of funding. It merely means that the investment is reasonable for the type of business to get started, and is sufficient to ensure successful operation of the business. However, the investor must be in the process of investing the funds or ready to invest once the E-2 visa is approved. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The business at issue must be a real operating enterprise. Speculative or empty business ideas do not qualify. A comprehensive, detailed business plan that can be implemented immediately must be provided to support an E-2 visa application. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Further, the investment may not be marginal, meaning that it must be not be a business that can only financially support the investor and his family. The business enterprise must have the capacity to make a significant economic contribution. For example, the business will branch out to multiple locations or employ several U.S. workers in the near future. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, it is important to note that the E-2 visa is not for passive investment. The investor or its employees must be coming to the United States to develop and direct the enterprise. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>How to obtain an E-2 Visa?</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The preferred way to apply for an E-2 visa in Taiwan is through the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). One would have to complete several comprehensive application forms with substantial supporting documentation regarding the treaty investment enterprise, source of funding, proof of irrevocable investment, visa applicant's professional and personal information, etc. As mentioned, a detailed and concrete business plan must also be provided to the visa officer. The applicant must attend a visa interview before an E-2 visa can be issued.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>How long does an E-2 visa last? </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The initial visa approval is usually good for five years. As long as the applicant and the business continue to meet the legal requirements, extension of status can be granted from 2 to 5 years with no limits. Applicants and their family members may travel internationally with the E-2 visa without restrictions.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Conclusion</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The E-2 visa is an excellent tool for foreign nationals to work and live in the U.S. The investments required are substantially less than the EB-5 investment visa, and so are the risks involved. Investors are free to choose a variety of business to invest in including professional services, personal services, retail business, franchise business, etc. Not all countries are eligible for the E-2 visa. Unlike mainland Chinese citizens, Taiwanese are eligible for the E-2 visa and should take advantage of it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.szetolaw.com/" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: times;"><u><span style="color: #1c2eff;"><span style="color: blue;">(Immigration laws and policies change regularly. If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule a legal consultation.) </span></span></u></i><span style="color: black; font-family: times;"> </span></a></p><p><br /></p>Paul Szetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341506284506422881noreply@blogger.com0