Immigration
DOS just put out a revised visa bulletin for October, 2015. No Final Action Dates were changed. The only changes made were to the Dates for Filing. Below are the changes that were made: In the Family Based categories the only changes made were for Mexico in the F1 (unmarried
EA
The Department of State has put out the June 2015 visa bulletin. While family based dates have remained fairly steady (with some backlogs and some slight movement forward) the bigger changes were on the employment side. 1st - Remain current for all countries 2nd - Remain Current for All Areas
Adjustment of Status
The January 2015 Visa Bulletin was released by the Department of State today. While family based cases moved forward about 1-2 months in each category, the major movement forward was for employment based category 3 (EB-3) - those sponsored by employers for Professional or skilled jobs. In this category, the
Adjustment of Status
The December 2014 visa bulletin was released just recently. There were no major surprises, but some movement forward almost across the board. In Family Cases: Unmarried sons and daughters of US Citizens: Moved forward about 2 weeks for most of the world to June 22, 2007. Mexico jumped about 1.
Adjustment of Status
The September Visa Bulletin was released by the Department of State and does show a little movement forward in certain categories. First we will look at the family based immigrant visas. In this area, there was not much movement forward, but a few notable movements are: * Unmarried sons and daughters
Immigration
The Department of State has been stating for a while now that it may need to retrogress certain categories, and it has now happened. Both the family based category 2A (spouses and children of permanent residents) went from September 8, 2013 to May 1, 2012 for all countries except Mexico
Adjustment of Status
The May 2014 visa bulletin has been released and in many of the categories there has been little to no movement. So, without further ado, lets run through the dates: Employment Based: Eb-1 is still current for all. Eb-2 is still current for all except India (which is still at
Adjustment of Status
The March 2014 visa bulletin was just recently published by the Department of State. This month’s bulletin not only gave us the new cutoff dates but also provided us with some guidance as to how much the Department of State (DOS) think s that various categories will move forward
Family Preference
The January 2014 Visa Bulletin was recently released by USCIS last week. Perhaps the most notable movement was for the worldwide EB-3 and China and Mexico EB3 numbers. In all three of those cases, the priority date moved up almost 1 year to April 1, 2012. The Philippines moved forward