Important Policy Change for Healthcare Professionals in the U.S. Seeking Green Cards
Important Policy Change for Healthcare Professionals in the U.S. Seeking Green Cards November 28, 2003 In the past week, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s headquarters in Washington, declared an important reversal of policy, lifting a significant burden off the backs of foreign healthcare workers seeking to become U.S. lawful permanent residents. The policy change: foreign healthcare workers residing in the U.S. seeking to apply for permanent residence no longer must obtain a Visa Screen Certificate prior to commencing the I-485 permanent residence process. Instead such certification can be submitted at any time following submission of the I-485 applications, but of […]