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UPDATE: October 2026 Adjustment of Status: Dates for Filing for Family and Employment Categories The October 2026 Visa Bulletin marks the start of fiscal year 2027, with renewed visa availability for
Murthy Law Firm | U.S Immigration Law — 2026-09-29Most U.S. visa applicants are required to provide fingerprints as part of the visa application process. Fingerprints are collected electronically and are used with the applicant’s photograph to verify
Immihelp — 2026-10-02A Massachusetts court vacated the fee policies in June 2026. Echoing that ruling, a California court bars enforcement under the 2025 proclamation and its 2026 extension. Neither proclamation was struc
Murthy Law Firm | U.S Immigration Law — 2026-10-01On September 18th, 2026, President Trump signed two orders that will impact the H1B visa program. The first was a new Executive Order that directs companies to consider a company’s previous layoffs an
RedBus2US — 2026-09-19Some families may have filed a parent’s green card application; others may still be preparing one. During the process, family members may have questions about public charge, a part of the green card r
Immihelp — 2026-09-30International travel can present challenges for foreign nationals whose visa stamps have expired, even when they remain in valid nonimmigrant status in the United States. In limited circumstances, how
Murthy Law Firm | U.S Immigration Law — 2026-09-30Most of you who were not selected in the first round of the H1B lottery for the H1B Visa Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 season might have been eagerly awaiting USCIS’s announcement. Unfortunately, it is not po
RedBus2US — 2026-07-17Immihelp’s Experiences archive contains personal, firsthand posts shared across a wide range of topics. Within the B1 and B2 visa categories, some posts describe interviews in enough detail to show th
Immihelp — 2026-09-16Old EAD or I-485J marked “administratively closed”? It appears USCIS may be closing out older filings in its system which is prompting an unusually high number of administrative closure notices. Read
Murthy Law Firm | U.S Immigration Law — 2026-09-30Immediately after President Trump took office for the second term, he signed an Executive Order(EO) on January 20th, 2025, to end birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants and non-immigrants. It w
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