The USCIS announcement predicts that Adjustment of Status applications will be frozen on December 1, 2022, with no expected return date. Understand!
The latest “Visa Bulletin” report sent by USCIS – United States Citizenship and Immigration Services on November 16, 2022, provides important information about Adjustment of Status.
Adjustment of status occurs when an individual is in American territory with a non-immigrant visa and wishes, after some time, to switch to an immigrant visa, that is, apply for a Green Card.
This happens, for example, when a person arrives in the United States with a tourist visa and, after some time, decides to stay in the country, applying for the EB2 NIW petition.
The USCIS announcement predicts that the possibility of this adjustment will be frozen on December 1, 2022, with no expected return date.
This has happened in previous years. In 2019, for example, this possibility was revoked for two consecutive months (August and September).
The D4U Immigration team is already taking the necessary steps and will carry out a task force to ensure that clients with a sensitive deadline have their cases filed with adjustment of status by November 30.
At this moment, all immigration consultancies are dealing with this new USCIS demand, but we at D4U will proactively contact clients who are in this situation and assist them during this delicate period.
We warn that this is only relevant for those who have NOT yet applied for the EB2-NIW visa. Only those who are in American territory and were planning to apply in the coming months should be concerned.
We recorded a live session on the topic; check it out:
