Immigration
Just this week, the Department of State released its June 2024 visa bulletin. First, there has been no change in the Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing: The final Action Date is still January 15, 2023, and the Dates for Filing are still February 15, 2023. Unfortunately, the DOS
DOS
The February 2024 visa bulletin has arrived and there are some changes of note. Before getting to the summary of the current bulletin, here is a little bit about what the Visa Bulletin is and the information it contains. Every person who becomes a permanent resident in the US is
Employment Visas
The Visa Bulletin is like a monthly newsletter for immigrant visas. It tells us whether family and employment-based categories are current or backlogged. The Department of State (DOS) and USCIS team up to publish it every month. It's has two charts: the Final Action Chart (shows priority dates
Employment Visas
Below is a recap of what the October 2023 visa bulleting showed in terms of movement in all categories. It should be noted that this is the first visa bulletin for the new 2024 fiscal year. A. FINAL ACTION DATES AND DATES FOR FILING FOR FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCE CASES Family based
Adjustment of Status
DOS released the March 2023 Visa Bulletin a couple days ago and has indicated that new possible backlogs could be down the road and also appeared to remove some possible backlogs as well. First, last month the Department of State indicated that the Family Based 2A category (spouses and minor
Backlog
The December 2022 Visa Bulletin was released today. In the new bulletin, the Department of State has determined that the EB-2 category needs to be backlogged somewhat because of demand. As a reminder, the EB-2 category includes employer-sponsored applications for positions that require an Advanced Degree (Master's or
Employment Visas
The Department of State, in the November 2022 Visa Bulletin, included the following in its list of possible future changes in the visa bulletin: Increased demand in the Employment Second category may necessitate the establishment of a worldwide final action date in the coming months to hold number use within
USCIS
The biggest take away from this months Visa Bulletin is that there was little, if any movement for any category, except some forward movement for India EB–2 cases. See Below for details. Family Based Visa Dates FB1 - Adult Children (unmarried) of US Citizens: This category stayed at Dec
Adjustment of Status
Overall dates are moving forward, but there are some noticeable categories that are lagging behind and not progressing as much, this includes Employment Based Third Preference which doesn't move forward at all this month. Below is a summary of movement in most categories Family Based Categories F1: Moved
Employment Visas
The biggest news this month is that the EB-1 category came current for Most Countries (but not all). Additionally, the EB-2 category remained current. Otherwise, there was movement but not much in terms of surprises. Mr. Oppenheim did ensure us that the Visa Bulletin is being processed based upon the
Adjustment of Status
This past month's Visa Bulletin had some bright spots and not so bright spots. The biggest news is that the EB-2 category remained current and most likely will remain current next month as well. Additionally, the EB-3 category was backlogged worldwide - and will most likely remain that
Employment Visas
Once again the EB-2 category has remained current despite the projections that there could be a backlog (although, as you will see below, we are not yet out of the woods on the EB-2 retrogression as of yet). Below are the movements in most Family and Employment categories as well