USCIS Shifts to Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Filings

In a notable shift from past practice, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will require the use of the Final Action Dates chart—rather than the Dates for Filing chart—for employment-based adjustment of status filings in May 2026, the agency said in the May 2026 Visa Bulletin.... By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,