All categories of business immigration, including unskilled workers, continue to be current, which means that all workers with approved visa numbers can apply for adjustment of status or consular processing. If you have an approved I140 and have not applied for adjustment of status (the final phase of the permanent residence application), now is the time to do it.

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) issues a statement regarding U.S. immigration policy in the wake of Setpember 11 attacks.

Attorney General John Ashcroft recently announced a plan to reorganize the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Here is his complete announcement made on November 8, 2001. Get a copy of the entire proposal at http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/restruct/proposal.pdf

The following is from an email that AILA received from the Department of Justice with respect to the widely-reported plan to interview approximately 5,000 individuals in connection with the...

The State Department's Visa Office Managing Director has informed Kathleen Walker, chair of AILA's State Department Liaison Committee, that the processing of visa applications from third country...