by IdaKeir | Jan 13, 2015 | Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, News Archive, Visa Bulletin
The State Department publishes its Visa Bulletin every month and you should use it to check on your backlog IF your visa category has a quota. Understanding this is confusing! Please take the time to figure this out so you can keep track of your petition’s status....
by IdaKeir | Dec 12, 2014 | Employment & Nurses, Family Visas, Visa Bulletin
The State Department has published its January Visa Bulletin at http://1.usa.gov/1yYbDcW so you can now check on the backlog in your visa category IF your category has a quota. Understanding visa backlogs is confusing; here’s my explanation of how to use the monthly...
by IdaKeir | Jun 14, 2014 | Employment & Nurses, Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Visa Bulletin
As we’ve explained before, there’s no single line because there are many different routes to getting a green card. For example, there’s no line at all for spouses, parents or young children of U.S. citizens, though it will take time to go through the paperwork and...
by IdaKeir | Jun 14, 2014 | Family Visas, Ida Keir Law, Immigration from Philippines, Visa Bulletin
Will you lose your chance for a green card? On June 9, the Supreme Court ruled that children who turn 21 while waiting with their families in the long line for green cards, are no longer eligible to immigrate and have to start all over again. The decision in Scialabba...
by IdaKeir | Feb 12, 2014 | Visa Bulletin
The State Department has published its Visa Bulletin for March. This shows the dates by which a family or employment-based application must have been filed to be eligible for a green card now. This only applies to visas with quotas; for example, there’s no quota on...