Indians moved up in the queue for green cards in the US as the January 2025 Visa Bulletin revealed advancements in several family-sponsored and employment-based categories. Key updates include progress in final action dates across both visa categories, while filing dates remain largely unchanged.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies are concerned about copycat vehicle-ramming attacks following the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans by a U.S. Army veteran, according to a U.S. law enforcement intelligence bulletin published on Friday. Such attacks "are likely to remain attractive for aspiring attackers given vehicles' ease of acquisition and the low skill

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas argued it is “not fair” to say that the city of New Orleans ignored the bulletin on the risks of attacks by drivers plowing cars into crowds of people. “I don‘t think that‘s fair … to say, Wolf, that wouldn‘t be a fair conclusion to draw,” Mayorkas told CNN’s Wolf…

The US Department of State's January 2025 Visa Bulletin has been released, marking the first bulletin of the new year and showing notable progress in several employment-based (EB) visa categories, particularly benefiting applicants from India. The visa bulletin is a key tool for those seeking green cards, providing critical dates that indicate when applicants can file or expect their applications to be processed. These dates reflect the earliest possible time for visa issuance or adjustment of status approvals.