Immigration Law firm explains change in Green Card rules for H1-B, L-1, F-1 OPT: Here's full breakdown of USCIS memo

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47% : The goal is to know where to focus attention.For H-1B and L-1 workers, this is the most consequential line:"Maintaining lawful status in a dual intent nonimmigrant category is not sufficient, on its own, to warrant a favorable exercise of discretion."This means that although H-1B and L-1 workers have long been able to apply for adjustment of status within theU.S., they now cannot assume that this pathway is automatic and administrative only.Officers need to see affirmative arguments for why applicants deserve to adjust status in the U.S., which could include evidence of tax history, family circumstances, career progression, and other evidence of roots in the U.S.Scenario: An H-1B marries a U.S. citizen and files for a Green card.

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