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DHS Overhauls School and Student Forms for 2025–2026 Reporting
Federal proposals would expand Form I-17 and I-20 data fields and require five years of disaggregated IPEDS admissions data, with…
EB Green Card Hope Rises Despite Backlogs and Visa Limits
September 2025 sees no visa bulletin movement; most employment-based categories will hit FY2025 caps by late September. USCIS uses Final…
Nepal DV Lottery Cutoffs in October 2025: October vs September
DV-2026 began October 2025 with Nepal’s cutoff reset to 6,000 (Asia 10,000), not a loss but a standard fiscal-year restart.…
Did F1 Visa Dates Move in October 2025 Versus September 2025?
The October 2025 Visa Bulletin advanced F1 Final Action Dates—most notably worldwide/China/India by nearly four months—while DFF largely stayed the…
India Family Preference Changes in October 2025: A FY2026 Preview
October 2025 opens FY2026 with F2A gaining +17 months Final Action (01FEB24) and Filing to 22SEP25. F1, F2B, F3 advanced…
October 2025 F2A Final Action Dates: Implications for Spouses
October 2025 advanced F2A Final Action Dates to Feb 1, 2024 (most) and Feb 1, 2023 (Mexico); Filing Dates are…
Mexico and Philippines EB Final Action Dates: Oct 2025 vs Sep 2025
In October 2025 the Visa Bulletin FY-2026 reset advanced EB-2 to Dec 1, 2023 for Mexico and the Philippines, EB-3…
Why EB-4 Religious Worker Visas Were Unavailable in October 2025
October 2025: EB-4 general reopens with FY2026 dates, but EB-4 SR remains Unavailable because its statutory authorization expired on September…