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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced it will use the Final Action Dates chart for employment-based adjustment of status applicants in March. Final Action priority-date cutoffs for all EB-1 categories will advance moderately in March, according to the State Department’s March Visa Bulletin. EB-2 China will advance by three months, while EB-3 China will advance by only one week. For Indian nationals, the EB-2 category will advance only three days, while EB-3 will advance by one month.
Key movements based on Final Action Dates:
EB-1
EB-2
EB-3
Additional notes: The EB-4 category for religious workers (other than ministers) and the EB-5 Regional Center (I5 and R5) Immigrant Investor program will be funded through the remainder of the fiscal year under the budget bill Congress passed late Thursday and the president signed Friday. The EB-4 category will become current for March for all countries except El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras which will be subject to a March 1, 2016 final action date, and for Mexico will be subject to a January 1, 2018 date. In the EB-5 category, final action dates will become current for March for all countries except China I5 and R5 which will be subject to a September 8, 2014 final action date, and Vietnam, which will be subject to a July 15, 2016 final action date.
Application Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Preference Cases:
USCIS has confirmed it will use the State Department’s Final Action Dates chart for March in determining filing eligibility for adjustment of status applicants. Applicants whose priority date is earlier than the applicable cutoff date in the above chart will be eligible to apply for adjustment of status in March.
This alert has been provided by the BAL U.S. Practice group. For additional information, please contact berryapplemanleiden@bal.com.
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