EB-1, EB-2, EB-3
I-140 & Employment-Based Petitions
An unadjudicated I-140 does not sit still. It cascades into lost H-1B extensions past the sixth year, blocked AC21 portability and dependent H-4 EAD eligibility. These pages cover what breaks, in what order, and where the pressure points are.
PM-602-0199: what the adjustment-of-status discretion memo means for a sponsoring employer
USCIS now tells officers that adjustment of status is administrative grace. What that changes for employment-based I-485s and how to prepare the file.
October 2026 Visa Bulletin: EB-2 Rest of World is no longer current
FY2027 opens with EB-2 and EB-3 retrogression for most countries, while USCIS allows the Dates for Filing chart. What that means for sponsored employees.
Security re-vetting in 2026: why approvable I-485s stopped moving
Practitioners report that since 27 April 2026 USCIS has re-run fingerprint checks on pending cases. What is known, what is not, and how employers should document it.
Revoked I-140s after Bouarfa v. Mayorkas: what courts will no longer review
The Supreme Court held that discretionary revocations under 8 U.S.C. ยง 1155 are shielded from judicial review. Why the administrative response now carries the whole case.
When an I-140 stalls: what an employer can actually do
Premium processing, service requests, congressional inquiry or federal suit. The four levers available on a stuck I-140, and the order to pull them in.
Filing mandamus on a stuck I-140: timeline and cost
What the ninety days after filing look like, what the company pays, and the three ways an employment-based delay case ordinarily ends.
I-140 premium processing: when it helps and when it does not
Premium processing guarantees agency action, not approval, and the clock resets on an RFE. Where the guarantee stops being useful.
Moving an approved I-140 to a new employer
AC21 portability, the 180-day condition and the same-or-similar test. What transfers, what does not, and how a pending petition constrains an offer.
Retrogression: when the priority date moves backwards
How the Visa Bulletin works, what retrogression blocks, and why it changes the value of every downstream filing.