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Article: USCIS Cuts Off Visa Numbers In All Employment-Based Categories.(United States Citizenship and Immigration Services)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- July 11, 2007
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On July 2, 2007, the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) took unprecedented action by cutting off visa numbers in all employment-based categories, making them unavailable. As a result, USCIS is no longer accepting employment-based applications for Adjustment of Status.
The Department of State issued the following revised Visa Bulletin:
The sudden backlog reduction efforts by Citizenship and Immigration Services Offices during the past month have resulted in the use of almost 60,000 Employment numbers. As a result of this unexpected action it has been necessary to make immediate adjustments to several previously ...