ADDITIONAL DELAYS FOR EB-1 APPLICANTS

Nobody waits for good news in the immigration law anymore. Updates only talk about new additional delays and termination of immigration benefits.

EB-1 applicants have been placed in a very unfavorable position comparing to the rest of employment-based categories under the current administration. Instead of dealing with the issue,  the crisis has been deepened according to the latest bulletin of the Department of State.

EB-1 category is a green card for the top professionals in any field (sports, artists, musicians, TV and film professionals, businessmen, doctors, researchers, etc.). Think about the real cream of the crop. Someone would have thought that the talents of this caliber should be getting the first turn as their work can greatly benefit the U.S.  However, according to the August bulletin of the Department of State, these talented people would have to wait their years to get a green card. Is it really how it should work?  It used to be just a matter of a few months just before the current administration. Of course, we are still waiting for USCIS to publish its August bulletin which can differ from the the Department of State, but one thing can be stated with certainty, the EB-1 category processing time will increase significantly.

What does it tell us? The country, the power of which has been built on the talents of the immigrants, now does not need them any longer?  This steering direction continues to be a mystery.

Read the bulletin here