ImmInfo Newsletter
Contents   Vol. 3, No.12,
November 1, 2009
  • Consular Processing: How does it work?

  • Foreign degree equivalency evaluations

  • New ImmInfo Blog

  • Substituting a new I-140 into an existing I-485 file

  • The October 1st myth

  • EB3 to EB3 upgrade issues

  • Trends for H1B consulting companies and their employees

 

 

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Consular Processing: How does it work?
Foreign nationals have two paths to lawful permanent residency, or ”green card” status: adjustment of status and overseas consular processing. Approximately 85% of all employment based immigrants elect the adjustment of status path. This involves filing an application for immigrant status while remaining entirely within the United States. These applications are processed entirely by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau. The remaining 15% of employment based applicants elect the overseas consular processing path.
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Foreign degree equivalency evaluations

In another article, we explain why the USCIS does not consider a three year bachelor’s degree to be the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree. In this article, we will examine how relevant experience can be evaluated as the equivalent of a degree. 

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New ImmInfo Blog
We have created a new feature on the ImmInfo site: the ImmInfo Blog. We intend to publish all newsletter articles there, as they are written. Every fifteen days (on the first and fifteenth of each month) we will package up all recently published articles and compile them into the next edition of the ImmInfo Newsletter.
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Substituting a new I-140 into an existing I-485 file
In a memorandum issued May 9, 2000 the former INS asked “Can the adjustment application, balled on an approved immigrant petition (either 1130 or 1-140) with a current priority date, be transferred to a subsequent immigrant petition that is approved with a current priority date?” The answer provided was “In many instances, the answer is yes.”
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Three year bachelor's degrees

Many colleges and universities outside the United States have three year bachelor’s degree programs, particularly those in the U.K. and the British Commonwealth. The principal difference between a three year and for year bachelor’s program is one year of general education, or “breadth” courses.

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