Como parte do processo de solicitação de visto, rotineiramente os aplicantes passam por uma entrevista com um funcionário consular. Às vezes, os casos de alguns aplicantes são alocados sob o “Administrative Processing”, o que indica que o funcionário do consulado determinou que informações adicionais ou uma análise mais detalhada são necessárias antes de uma...

A reforma da imigração é um tema muito acalorado atualmente nos Estados Unidos. E Washington está buscando encontrar uma solução para os problemas impostos pela iminente revogação do programa DACA (sigla em inglês do programa Ação Diferida para a Chegada de Crianças). Em 25 de setembro, três senadores (Thom Tillisfrom, da Carolina do Norte,...

When a nonimmigrant submits a visa application to a U.S. Consulate, the Consulate has three options: (1) approve the application, (2) deny the application, or (3) place the application in administrative processing. The term "administrative processing" refers to virtually any delay in the issuance of a visa. Some visa applications require further administrative processing,...

As part of the Visa Application process, applicants are routinely interviewed by a Consular Officer. Occasionally, some applications are placed under Administrative Processing, which indicates the Consular Officer determined that additional information or a closer review is necessary before making a final determination of an approval or a denial of the application. Applicants are...

Employment-Based Preference Categories

Though discussions with USCIS and the CIS Ombudsman regarding employment-based adjustment interviews are ongoing, DOS does not believe that the impact of this policy change will manifest until well into the second half of the fiscal year due to the large number of pending I-485s at USCIS Service Centers. DOS hopes to...

Immigration reform is a very hot topic these days, and Washington is focused on finding a solution to the problems posed by the impending repeal of the DACA program.  On September 25, three senators (Thom Tillis from North Carolina, James Lankford from Oklahoma, and Orrin Hatch from Utah) introduced a bill called the Solution...