American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) released a notice on April 23, 2012. According to this notice, AILA has confirmed with the State Department that the annual limit in the EB-2 category for China-mainland born and Indian people has been reached and that no further visas for those categories would be authorized.

　　USCIS will continue to accept adjustment applications based upon cut-off dates published in the April and May Visa Bulletins. However, requests from USCIS service centers and field offices for visas in the EB-2 category aliens chargeable to China-mainland born or India will be retained by Department of State for authorization in FY2013, beginning on October 1, 2012.

　　Free Immigration Seminars in Five Cities on Friday April 27 and Saturday April 28

　　National immigration law firm Zhang & Attorneys, LLLP, is offering free immigration seminars on Friday April 27 and Saturday April 28, 2012 in five cities’ offices respectively. Our senior attorneys will present the fundamentals of immigration law and discuss:

　　1. F-1 visa and related employment issues

　　2. H-1B visa, Quota and Strategies

　　3. National Interest Waiver Green Card – Even a Master degree can get approval

　　4. EB-1B and EB-1A Green Card for achieved scholars

　　5. Green Card strategic plans for students and scholars

　　Date and time of the seminars:

　　Silicon Valley, CA

　　Time: 7:00pm ~ 9:00pm PDT, Fri. April 27, 2012

　　Presenter: Attorney Jerry Zhang

　　Email: jzhang@hooyou.com

　　Address: 2225 E. Bayshore Road Suite 200

　　Palo Alto, CA 94303

　　We will serve light dinner as it is dinner time.

　　New York, NY

　　Time: 10:00am ~ 12:00pm EDT, Sat. April 28, 2012

　　Presenter: Attorney Joe Zhou

　　Email: jzhou@hooyou.com

　　Address: 14 Penn Plaza

　　225 West 34th Street, Suite 1400

　　New York, NY 10122

　　Houston, TX

　　Time: 10:00am ~ 12:00pm CDT, Sat. April 28, 2012

　　Presenter: Attorney Jane Xu

　　Email: jxu@hooyou.com

　　Address: 9999 Bellaire Blvd, Suite 920

　　Houston, TX 77036

　　Los Angeles, CA

　　Time: 10:00am ~ 12:00pm PDT, Sat. April 28, 2012

　　Presenter: Attorney Daqin Zhang

　　Email: dzhang@hooyou.com

　　Address: 70 S. Lake Ave, suite 920

　　Pasadena, CA 91101

　　Chicago, IL

　　Time: 5:00pm ~ 7:00pm CDT, Fri. April 27, 2012

　　Presenter: Attorney Annie Yang

　　Email: ayang@hooyou.com

　　Address: 121 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1260

　　Chicago, IL 60601

　　The presentation will be conducted in English with an English PowerPoint slideshow. If you are interested in the seminar, you may register the seminar free of charge by clicking the following link:

　　http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5s8y5plh0ld18ng/start