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GLF’s 25th Anniversary Event – November 1, 2024

Santhosh Rao — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:29:46 +0000

On November 1, 2024, Gokare Law Firm celebrated a remarkable milestone—25 years of dedicated service, growth, and success. Surrounded by our clients, our team, cherished friends, and family, we reflected on our journey and the trust placed in us by those we serve. This event wasn’t just a celebration of our achievements, but also a heartfelt thank-you to everyone who has been part of our story.

From our beginnings to today, Gokare Law Firm has been guided by a commitment to our clients, the relentless pursuit of justice, and the highest standards of service. As we look forward to the years ahead, we remain dedicated to evolving and expanding our impact in the legal field.

GLF Team Picture

Lead Attorney Manjunath Gokare’s Speech

Lead Attorney Shilpa Gokare’s Speech

Lead Attorney Shilpa with Guest

Lead Attorneys Manjunath Gokare and Shilpa Interacting with Guest

Lead Attorney Manjunath Gokare with Guest

To all who joined us and to those who’ve been part of this journey over the years—thank you for your unwavering support. Here’s to many more years of shared success, growth, and service.

– Manjunath Gokare Shilpa Gokare

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USCIS IMPLEMENTS BATCH PROCESSING OF CERTAIN RENEWAL APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION

Santhosh Rao — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 04:58:57 +0000

USCIS has started processing renewal applications for specific employment authorization categories in batches to increase efficiency and shorten processing times. Batch processing applies to EAD categories A17, A18, and C26. Batch Processing means that the end validity period will now be the first of the month for all cases irrespective of when the expiration date of the non-immigrant status was in that particular month. As such, the EAD end date may/will be different date than their Form I-94. Filing for an extension before expiration of the EAD as opposed to the I-94 should minimize any effects, ensuring an auto extension of employment authorization to the Form I-94 expiration date.

However we practitioners need to diligently monitor EAD and status expiration to prevent work without authorization.

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STATE DEPARTMENT’S APRIL 2024 VISA BULLETIN SUMMARY

Santhosh Rao — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 06:48:51 +0000

• Adjustment of Status for Family Sponsored filing must use the Dates of Filing Chart and Employment Based filing must use Final Action Dates chart.

• Final action dates for Family sponsored F1 Category have not changed (February 08, 2015)

• Final actions date F2A category for India have advanced from June 22, 2020, to September 08, 2020.

• Filing dates chart for family sponsored F1 Category (September 01, 2017) and F-2A category (September 01, 2023) for India have not changed.

• Final Action dates EB-1 category for India have advanced from October 01, 2020, to March 01, 2021, and the Dates for Filing have advanced from January 01, 2021, to April 01, 2021.

• Final action dates EB-2 category for India have advanced from March 01, 2012, to April 15, 2012, and the Dates for filing (May 15, 2012) have not changed.

• Final action dates EB-3 category India have advanced from July 01, 2012, to August 15, 2012 and Dates for filing have advanced from August 01, 2012 to September 15, 2012.

• Final action dates for Certain Religious workers are marked unauthorized, and Dates for filing have advanced from January 01, 2020, to December 01, 2020.

• The DV-2023 annual limit was reduced to 54,850.

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