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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
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.
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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
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.
Immigration & Visas
Infosys, TCS and Cognizant filed far fewer H-1B lottery registrations for FY2027 — Cognizant filed none — according to USCIS data in a Congressional Research Service report published October 14.
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DHS has sent a proposed regulation to OMB that could extend premium processing timelines; no new timeframes announced yet, and current 15/30/45-day guarantees are unchanged for now.
Immigration & Visas
Six immigration fees rise for inflation starting Oct. 16 — including work-permit and TPS fees. Filings postmarked tomorrow without the new amount will be rejected.
Immigration & Visas
A USCIS policy taking effect October 23, 2026 narrows when weekend and federal-holiday extensions apply — age-based deadlines and online filings get no automatic extension.
Immigration & Visas
The Trump administration filed a Ninth Circuit appeal on October 9 against the California order freezing the $100,000 H-1B fee — but the appeal alone does not revive it.
