US Immigration
Employment Green Card guidance on Eb3 to eb1 and eb2
USCIS officially released the Notice, encouraging Eligible Applicants to Switch Employment-Based Green Card Categories, due to large amount of employment-based green card availability. Precisely 140000 Green Cards are available for employment based applicants in fiscal year 2022, because of unused family-sponsored visa numbers from fiscal year 2021.
Who Can File.
You may be eligible to request to transfer the underlying basis of your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, to a different employmentbased immigrant category, based on another Form I-140 – Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers.
U.S.C.I.S may in its discretion, grant a transfer request if the following criteria are met.
#1. You have continuously maintained eligibility for adjustment of status.
#2. Your adjustment of status application based on the original Form I-140 is still pending.
#3. You are eligible for the new immigrant category, and.
#4. You have a visa immediately available in the new immigrant category.
Additional Guidance.
You do not have to submit a new adjustment of status application, or filing fee with a request to transfer the underlying basis of your Form I-485 from one petition to another. Submitting a new adjustment of status application is not required, to transfer the underlying basis of a pending Form I-485 and will not result in faster adjudication of the benefit request.
The written request to transfer the underlying basis form, should at a minimum contain sufficient information for U.S.C.I.S, to identify the pending Form I-485 and the immigrant petition, that you would like to use as the new basis for your application, for example, receipt number or A-Number.
If you are requesting a transfer of underlying basis through the new address, you should not submit medical examination forms with the request. If a medical examination form is required, U.S.C.I.S will issue a Request for Evidence (RFE).
You may transfer the underlying basis of your Form I-485 from a pending petition to a previously approved petition. However, you must confirm the validity of the job offer associated with the previously approved petition before your Form I-485 application may be approved. To avoid processing delays (such as a request for evidence), you should submit a Supplement J with your transfer request.
If U.S.C.I.S grants your request to transfer the underlying basis of your Form I-485 to a different employment-based category, the transfer request resets the 180-day clock, for eligibility for the portability provisions, for the American Competitiveness in the TwentyFirst Century Act.
More information.
For more information, please see the section called “Transfer of Underlying Basis”, on the Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants page, on U.S.C.I.S website as well as the U.S.C.I.S Policy Manual.
For more information on U.S.C.I.S and its programs, please visit uscis.gov.
More Good News for Certain Immigrants and Non Immigrants waiting for US Visa Interview at Embassies and Consulates abroad!.
Department of State is waiving in-person interview, through a Temporary Final rule effective immediately for certain Immigrant Family and Fiancé Visa applicants, to reduce the massive visa backlog in Embassies and Consulates abroad. another major interview waiver announcement for Employment Visa applicants like H, L & O Visa.
Department of State is waiving in-person interview, through a Temporary Final rule effective immediately from December 13th 2021 for certain immigrant Visa applicants, to reduce the massive visa backlog in Embassies and Consulates abroad.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Cancelled Policy, Requiring Interviews of All Petitioners Filing Form I-730, so no interview is needed for these applicants.
USCIS have issued a bunch of policy changes for US visas and Green cards to reduce backlog and faster adjudication
Expansion of Interview Waiver Eligibility is also applied at the US consulates abroad. Department of Homeland Security, has temporarily expanded the ability of consular officers to waive the in-person interview requirement, for individuals applying for a nonimmigrant visa in the same classification.
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