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The November 2026 Visa Bulletin advances the worldwide F1, F2B, F3 and F4 Final Action Dates by roughly a year each, while EB-2 moves about three months and EB-3 Other Workers about five months.
Federal prosecutors charged a Quincy, Massachusetts man with conspiring to enter a paid sham marriage to help a foreign national get a green card. The case offers a look at the kind of staged evidence investigators look for.
A former Rhode Island and Massachusetts immigration attorney pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion after collecting roughly $98,000 from clients for services he never performed. The case is a reminder for applicants to keep an eye on their own filings.
A federal grand jury indicted ten foreign nationals from eight countries for allegedly voting or falsely claiming U.S. citizenship to vote in recent Minnesota elections, a reminder that voting as a non-citizen carries serious immigration consequences.
A federal court sentenced a former Syrian prison official to 60 years for torture and for concealing his record to obtain U.S. immigration benefits, underscoring how background-vetting problems can surface years after a green card or naturalization is granted.
The first bulletin of fiscal year 2027 ends "Current" status for worldwide EB-2 and EB-3 (skilled workers) under both filing charts, while China advances by years in EB-3 and EB-5; family categories hold steady overall except for sizable gains for Mexico and the Philippines.
The federal government invoked a specialized removal court, created by Congress in 1996 but never before used, to remove an Afghan national from the U.S. over an alleged terror plot.
A Peruvian national in North Carolina has been indicted on charges that he falsely claimed to still live with his U.S. citizen spouse years after the couple had separated.
Federal prosecutors have indicted a naturalized Nevada man for allegedly concealing two sexual assaults from his 2018 naturalization application and interview.
The fiscal year closes with family-based cutoffs jumping by up to 890 days for most countries, while EB-2 and EB-5 for India are listed as Unavailable and most other employment categories hold still.
DHS has proposed a $103,265 fee on all cap-subject H-1B petitions, projected to raise about $8.8 billion a year; the rule is not yet final and would not apply to cap-exempt employers like universities and nonprofit research institutions.
Federal prosecutors have filed a civil case in Kansas to strip a naturalized citizen of his citizenship, alleging he assumed a new identity after being ordered deported in 1995 and never disclosed it on later immigration applications.
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