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The American Immigration Council (AIC) created an interactive dashboard of USCIS Immigration Filing Trends so that the data can be visualized! This dashboard visualizes a decade of USCIS immigration data, showing trends in application volume, processing times, approval rates, and backlog growth to make the system easier to understand.

For more information and to view and use the AIC dashboard, please click the link, “Tracking Applications, Approvals, and Processing Times by Fiscal Year“!

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Mint is an India based business and financial daily newspaper published by HT Media. They also have a YouTube Channel (@livemint) where they recently posted a video entitled, “Legal Immigration To U.S. Plunges As H-1B, Student & Family Visas Collapse Under Trump Policies“! In their opinion, the biggest decline in the U.S. Immigration under the Trump Administration has been legal immigration.

To view the complete YouTube @livemint  video, please click the link, “Legal Immigration To U.S. Plunges As H-1B, Student & Family Visas Collapse Under Trump Policies”!   

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  1. I was terminated by my employer last week. This week I found a new job and the company is willing to transfer my H-1b visa to their company. When can I start working with the new employer, they are ready for me to start next Monday?

 You should not be working during your grace period for anyone. Your new employer must file an H-1B transfer/extension petition on your behalf with USCIS before you are able to begin working for a new employer.

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UPDATE: Explore American Immigration Council’ interactive map to get more comprehensive information on U.S. immigration data and its impact!

The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.

With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; New Jersey, New Mexico and New York!

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has a great resource web page, “Citizenship Resource Center”! They have centralized available online information about becoming a U.S. Citizen. This web page includes citizenship preparation materials and activities and is divided into three main sections:

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We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer those questions and provide the Q&A on our H-1B Visa Lawyer Blog.

If you have a burning question, are seeking assistance with a difficult immigration related case, wish to discuss your views on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, DREAMers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, priority dates, the monthly visa bulletin, adjustment applications, etc., please contact us by submitting your question/comment/viewpoint in our comment box provided on our H-1B Visa Lawyer Blog.

Our next “Q & A Forum” will take place this Friday, April 24, 2026. Act now and submit your questions!

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The Visa Bulletin (VB) is a monthly U.S. government report released by the State Department’s Travel Website. This monthly bulletin tells you when you can get a green card based on your priority date.

Summary of Key points for VB for May 2026

  • USCIS Filing Guidance: For May 2026, family-sponsored adjustment of status applicants should use the Dates for Filing chart (Chart B). All employment-based applicants must use the more restrictive Final Action Dates chart (Chart A).
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