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Priority cutoff dates for the EB-1 category for Chinese and Indian nationals will become current in October as new visa numbers become available at the start of the fiscal year – a significant advancement of more than five years for both categories, according to the State Department’s October Visa Bulletin. In other significant movements, the EB-2 category for all other countries besides China and India will also become current, advancing nearly two years.
Key movements in cutoff dates:
Application Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Preference Cases:
The State Department also released its Dates for Filing chart for October 2017. Applicants seeking to file for adjustment of status are reminded that the Dates for Filing chart does not take effect unless U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services confirms that it does via a web posting in the next week or so. BAL will update clients once the State Department confirms whether the Dates for Filing chart can be used in October.
BAL Analysis: The advancements are consistent with the availability of new visa numbers for fiscal year 2018. The forecast for upcoming months is that the EB-1 category is expected to remain current, but that a cutoff date for China and India is likely to be imposed by mid-2018. In upcoming months, China EB-2 should continue to advance moderately by up to four weeks, but China EB-3 will advance significantly up to four months, which may give some applicants an incentive to file a petition to downgrade from EB-2 to EB-3. India EB-2 is expected to continue to advance by up to three weeks, but EB-3 will see limited forward movement in coming months.
This alert has been provided by the BAL U.S. Practice group. For additional information, please contact BerryApplemanLeiden@bal.com.
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