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ARTICLE · 25 JULY 2007

Employment-Based Immigrant Visa Numbers Available Again Until August 17, 2007

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On July 17, 2007, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stated that it would be accepting I-485 adjustment applications for employment-based categories according to the original July 2007 Visa Bulletin (dated June 12, 2007).

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On July 17, 2007, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stated that it would be accepting I-485 adjustment applications for employment-based categories according to the original July 2007 Visa Bulletin (dated June 12, 2007). Likewise, the Department of State announced that the June 12, 2007 Visa Bulletin would be reinstated. See http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_3269.html. However, the visa numbers for these categories will only be available from now until August 17, 2007. After this time, there will no visa numbers until the start of the next fiscal year: October 2007.

See http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/VisaBulletinUpdate17Jul07.pdf for the USCIS announcement.

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