Immigration News & Policy: USCIS & FAM for Sibling DNA Testing

Immigration News & Policy: USCIS & FAM for Sibling DNA Testing USCIS officer and US Consulate may suggest or consider a direct sibling-to-sibling DNA test by an AABB-accredited lab when establishing sibling relationship.

For additional information on immigration policies on direct sibling-to-sibling DNA testing, please see https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-updates-policy-dna-evidence-support-sibling-relationships and https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/policy_updates/17%20STATE%206984%20Permitting%20Direct%20Sibling-to-sibling%20and%20Half-Sibling%20DNA%20Testing%20as%20Evidence%20of%20Relationship.pdf
This article is intended for informational purposes only, and should not be relied on as legal advice or attorney-client relationship. By Aik Wan Kok, Lawyer USA Immigration Services, at Tiya; Tel: 703-772-8224 & info at tiyaimmigration dot com; Direct dial from abroad: 001-703-7728224; http://www.tiyaimmigration.com ; http://tiyalaw.blogspot.com ; http://immigrationresource.net

Aik Wan Kok Fillali at Tiya represents companies, employers, individuals and families, located nationwide and internationally, in U.S. Immigration & Nationality Law. We focus on diverse immigration cases such as extraordinary ability; national interest waiver; PERM; green card; N-400 Naturalization; various waivers; H cases; L executive, manager and specialized knowledge professional; E treaty investor/trader; cases with USCIS, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Consulates and National Visa Center.

Immigrant Visa Number Retrogressed to January 2009 for EB-2 Worldwide, Philippines and Mexico, & Unavailable for China and India

Immigrant Visa Number Retrogressed to January 2009 for EB-2 Worldwide, Philippines and Mexico, & Unavailable for China and India

The U.S. Department of State announced recently immigration visa number for employment-based preference 2 category (EB-2) for countries worldwide, Mexico and the Philippines has retrogressed to January 1, 2009 starting in the month of July 2009. EB-2 immigrant visa number for China and India continues to be unavailable.

EB-2 candidates can still be sponsored for green card such as the I-140 Petition for Alien Worker. However, if EB-2 candidates’ priority date is prior to January 2009, they will not be eligible to file for I-485, Application for Adjustment of Status starting July 2012 until immigrant visa number becomes current/available for their country of birth.

For more information on EB-2 immigrant visa numbers, please visit U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin at http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5733.html .

June 26, 2012: By Aik Wan Kok Fillali, Attorney USA Immigration Law Services, at Tiya; Tel: 703-772-8224; Email: koka at tiyalaw dot com

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We represent companies, employers, individuals and families in green card, work visa and citizenship matters in U.S. immigration law. We also have a focus on self-petition green card cases such as extraordinary ability and national interest waiver.

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This article is intended for informational purposes only; and should not be relied on as legal or any advice, or attorney-client relationship.