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A final DHS rule takes effect November 30: the EB-5 regional-center investor petition (Form I-526E) rises from $3,675 to $7,850, and the standalone investor petition (Form I-526) to $7,615 — filings postmarked on or after that date pay the new fees.
Immigration & Visas
USCIS data as of June 2026 count 391,296 approved EB-2 petitions waiting for a green card number — and 356,360 of them, about 91%, belong to workers born in India, IANS reported on November 1.
Immigration & Visas
In the precedent decision Matter of Pierre-Louis, issued October 30, the Board of Immigration Appeals said it will generally not use its own-motion authority to reopen a final removal case so an arriving noncitizen can pursue adjustment of status before USCIS — pointing instead to a DHS stay of removal.
Immigration & Visas
The White House has cleared a proposed Labor Department rule to modernize PERM labor certification — the first step most EB-2 and EB-3 green card cases need. The text is not public yet, nothing is in effect, and a comment period comes next.
Immigration & Visas
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a USCIS rule that would have cut the time refugees have to contest a decision stripping their legal status from 30 days to 10 — the hold runs through November 6.
Immigration & Visas
After weeks on hold, premium-processing H-1B petitions filed June through August for workers outside the U.S. are being decided without the $100,000 fee, immigration attorneys report — the fee itself remains blocked by two court orders, with appeals pending.
Immigration & Visas
Since October 23, USCIS applies the next-business-day rule only to paper-filing deadlines counted in days. A deadline tied to a birthday — such as filing before a child turns 21 — no longer moves when it falls on a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday.
Immigration & Visas
USCIS has posted its November 2026 filing charts: adjustment-of-status applicants in both family-sponsored and employment-based categories may file using the Dates for Filing chart — for India, the EB-1 filing date reaches July 1, 2024 and EB-2 and EB-3 reach January 15, 2015.
Immigration & Visas
The State Department published the November 2026 Visa Bulletin on October 22: India's EB-1 final action date stays at February 1, 2023 and EB-2 at November 1, 2013, while EB-3 advances about three weeks to January 22, 2014.
Immigration & Visas
A House bill outlined October 19 would replace H-1B selection with a merit-based system, remove country caps for employment-based immigration, and restrict family sponsorship — it is a proposal only, referred to committee, and has not become law.
Immigration & Visas
As of October 21, the State Department's Visa Bulletin page still listed October 2026 as the current edition, with November's marked 'Coming Soon' — the second late bulletin in a row, with no official reason given.
Immigration & Visas
A bipartisan-signed letter led by Reps. Clarke and Grijalva asks USCIS for emergency expedited I-485 processing for lawfully present immigrants losing health coverage — a request only, with no policy change announced.
