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 proposed Earned Legalization and Family Unification Act of 2002 Legislation introduced into the Senate by Senator Richard Gephart will allow many "illegal" foreign nationals to become permanent residents. Advocates for legal immigration hope this bill will become law sometime next year.