On November 17, 2022 the Department of State announced efforts to address the current backlog and wait times for visitor visas to the United States, with a goal nearing pre-pandemic processing trends. To help alleviate the backlog efforts have been made in the past year to help reduce appointment wait time, many of which include…
The December 2022 Visa Bulletin is now available and highlights important priority dates for the EB-2 and EB-3 categories. As of late, priority dates for Indian and Chinese nationals in the EB-3 category are currently seeing progress, while most family-based categories remain the same.
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser MONTHLY NEWSLETTER • NOVEMBER • 2022 Canada Immigration Update An ambitious Levels Plan for Canadian Immigration On Tuesday, November 1, 2022, The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced Canada’s 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan. This multi-year plan has one of its primary focusses the needs of Canadian business to…
As of October 31, 2022, the Labour Department announced updates to processing times for permanent labour certification applications and prevailing wage determination requests. Based on the current trends, PERM processing times have taken longer, with the average processing times for adjudication being 249 days, while audit reviews are 368 days. PERM applications filed in February…