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Is EB-1A Still a Fast Track for Your India- and China-Born Employees? What the Visa Bulletin Trends Mean for Sponsorship Planning
An approved EB-1A petition does not mean a green card is available — priority dates and Visa Bulletin charts still control the timeline for India- and China-born employees. Learn what to verify before committing to staff…
October 2026 Visa Bulletin: Filing Dates Leap Forward for China-Born Applicants
The first bulletin of fiscal year 2027 moves the Dates for Filing chart sharply forward for China-born EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 and EB-5 applicants. Whether employees can file I-485 in October depends on which chart USCIS design…
September 2026 Visa Bulletin Holds All Employment-Based Dates
Frozen visa dates at fiscal year-end often precede retrogression, which could lock sponsored employees out of green card filings for months or years. Review priority dates now and file eligible adjustment applications be…
August 2026 Visa Bulletin Analysis: Key EB-1C and EB-5 Date Movements and Strategies
The August 2026 Visa Bulletin shows modest forward movement in EB-1C China and slight retrogression in EB-5 China. We recommend clients with EB-1C priority dates near cutoff to prepare I-485 documents now, while EB-5 inv…
August 2026 Visa Bulletin: EB-1 China Advances One Month, EB-2 China Holds, and EB-4 Posts Its First Broad Movement in Months Ahead of the September 30 Fiscal-Year Close
New I-485 filing windows open in August for certain China-born EB-1 and EB-3 employees, but EB-2 China stays frozen. Review priority dates now, because retrogression risk rises as the September 30 fiscal-year close appro…