Admissibility

Blatant Antisemitism in social media posts will bar U.S. entry as per USCIS guidance here: https://www.

The U.S. Department of State recently updated the requirements for a waiver of the visa stamping interview for people who are diplomats or who have been interviewed recently at a US consulate. Read more here:

The U.S. now permits citizens of Qatar to use ESTA for short term tourist and short term business visits to the United States, bypassing the visa interview at a U.S. consulate.

Spouses of certain H-1B visa holders can continue to work while in the United States. The principal H-1B Beneficiary must have an approved I-140 and be benefitting from AC-21. This is briefly explained by USCIS here: https://www.

The US Department of Labor tags a case once it is certified, denied, withdrawn or denied or certified-expired (they expire 6 months after approval so file your I-140 within that 6 months).  Trackitt posts statistics about DOL here:  http://stats.trackitt.com/

The latest update on PERM processing time as of June 1, 2015 is as follows: