The Department of State (DOS) has released the June Visa Bulletin and there were no changes. Retrogression remains a problem that needs a legislative solution. The USCIS posted that it will only honor the Final Action Date chart for I-485 filings.
Tag: retrogression
May Visa Bulletin
The Department of State (DOS) has released the May Visa Bulletin and sadly, retrogression is widespread impacting almost all categories and all countries. Only the EB1 category was not impacted. The USCIS announced that the would only allow I-485 filings using the Final Action Date chart. Forward advancement is not expected until October. Additional retrogression… Continue reading May Visa Bulletin
April Visa Bulletin
The Department of State (DOS) has released the April Visa Bulletin and EB3 applicants breathed a sigh of relief as the dates held steady with ROW and the Philippines remaining current. Unfortunately, for EB2 holders dates retrogressed in the ROW and India. There was only forward movement in China EB3. Retrogression remains a major problem… Continue reading April Visa Bulletin
March Visa Bulletin
The Department of State (DOS) released the March Visa Bulletin and it remained unchanged from the Feb Visa Bulletin. The good news was no further retrogression but, the bad news was no forward movement in any category. The USCIS announced that it would honor the Dates for Filing chart for I-485 filings in March. The… Continue reading March Visa Bulletin
February Visa Bulletin
The Department of State (DOS) has released the February Visa Bulletin and the Final Action Date chart was virtually unchanged. The notable exception was further retrogression of the ROW Other Worker category which moved back 6 mos. to Jan 1, 2020. The Dates for Filing chart saw some forward movement with a big jump of… Continue reading February Visa Bulletin
January Visa Bulletin
The Department of State (DOS) has released the January Visa Bulletin and the best thing that can be said is that no change is better than bad change ? Virtually all dates in both the Final Action date chart and the Dates for Filing chart remained the same. The notable exception was that EB1 dates… Continue reading January Visa Bulletin
December Visa Bulletin
The Department of State (DOS) has released the December Visa Bulletin and it was filled with bad news. The DOS indicated that EB1 will become retrogressed for India and China. As promised last month, India EB2 retrogressed by about 6 mos. A cut-off date was established for worldwide EB2 and it will likely remain for… Continue reading December Visa Bulletin
November Visa Bulletin
The Department of State (DOS) released the November Visa Bulletin and both the Final Action Date and Dates For Filing charts remained virtually unchanged. The USCIS announced that it will honor the Dates For Filing chart for November I-485 filings. An ominous note was included on the last page, as the DOS indicated that it… Continue reading November Visa Bulletin
Good News for IV in FY2023
The USCIS has published an FAQ on Immigrant Visa (green card) processing which provides great insights for what to expect in FY 2023. Among the highlights are: The USCIS and DOS combined to approve approximately 280,000 Immigrant Visas in FY 2022 exhausting all available visas. Both agencies deserve commendation for the effort made this past… Continue reading Good News for IV in FY2023
All Employment-based IV for FY 2022 Used
As of Sept 7th, the USCIS has reported that all employment based immigrant visas (green cards) in the EB1 and EB2 categories allowed for FY 2022 have bene utilized. We will provide a further update when more news is available.
September Visa Bulletin
This week, the Department of State released the September Visa bulletin, which is the last visa bulletin for this fiscal year and all of the dates remained the same as the August bulletin. Often the September bulletin will contain retrogression of some categories as visa numbers are used up near the end of the fiscal… Continue reading September Visa Bulletin