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Visa Bulletin for September 2026
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the September 2026 visa bulletin. The Visa Bulletin provides an update on the availability of immigrant visas for both consular processing and adjustment of status applications for the month of September 2026. The bulletin includes both the Final Action Dates and the Dates for Filing for employment-based...
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Immigrant Children Face Reduced Entry Pathways
The U.S. government narrowed the options available for undocumented immigrant children to remain in the United States. A new administrative decision, part of the policy changes, stops immigration courts from delaying cases for immigrant children whose visa applications are still in process. Details On The Board Ruling One of the...
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Electronic Filing for USCIS Forms Required
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a interim final rule letting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) mandate electronic filling for certain immigration benefit requests. The rule became effective August 11, 2026 but DHS will continue to accept comments until October 13, 2026. This rule doesn’t immediately make any...
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Advance Parole Travel Protections Overturned
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ruled traveling abroad on advance parole now triggers the three year or ten year unlawful presence bar. The actual length depends on how many days of unlawful presence a person accrued before leaving. As of August 13, 2026, this decision overrules the Board’s 2012...
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Limits to Asylum Claims Clarified by BIA
The Board of Immigration Appeals rendered a precedential decision establishing new limits on when military conscription-related fears may form the basis of an asylum claim. In Matter of R-A-N, 29 I&N Dec. 739 (BIA 2026), issued July 7, 2026, the Board held that absent connection to one of the five...
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