December 2018 Visa Bulletin
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) recently released the Visa Bulletin for December of 2018. The Visa Bulletin assists family-based and employment-based Green Card petitioners in determining the wait times for various visas to become available. There are wait times for certain visas to become available for use by foreign nationals because many visa categories have a limited amount of visas available for use every year and there are more visa applicants than available visas.
U.S. Consultancy Group, LLC, was recently added onto the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City’s “List of Attorneys” as a company which handles various U.S. immigration cases. To view our company on the U.S. Consulate’s List of Attorneys, click on the following link and scroll down to page 9: 
On July 13, 2018, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) released a very noteworthy internal Policy Memorandum entitled, “Issuance of Certain RFEs and NOIDs.” This Policy Memorandum rescinds a 2013 Policy Memorandum and now allows USCIS adjudicators to deny applications, petitions, and requests if a filing lacks sufficient initial evidence without first giving the filer a chance to supplement or correct the record. The prior 2013 Policy Memorandum required USCIS adjudicators to issue Requests for Evidence (RFEs) or Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs) to allow the filer to supplement or correct the record. Under the new Policy Memorandum, USCIS adjudicators can summarily deny without ever issuing RFEs or NOIDs.