Visa Bulletin

The monthly Visa Bulletin (see this article for an explanation of the Visa Bulletin) issued by the Department of State is one of the most closely watched and anticipated government communications in the immigration community.

We receive instant updates and are able to comment and analyze each visa bulletin promptly upon its issuance. Our clients benefit from our visa bulletin efforts by knowing as early in advance as possible about the potential benefits and developments that may arise from forward or backward movements in the visa numbers.

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June 2019 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 India Retrogression; Slow Movement Elsewhere

The U.S. State Department has just released the June 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is significant retrogression in EB-1 India and the extremely slow [...]

By |2019-05-14T13:44:42-04:00May 14th, 2019|AOS, Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

May 2019 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 India and China Unchanged and Future Does not Look Promising; Slow Movement Elsewhere

The U.S. State Department has just released the May 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the eighth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin [...]

By |2019-04-14T21:30:42-04:00April 14th, 2019|Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

April 2019 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 India and China Unchanged; Slow Movement Elsewhere

The U.S. State Department has just released the April 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the extremely slow forward movement [...]

By |2019-03-14T08:56:07-04:00March 14th, 2019|Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

March 2019 Visa Bulletin – Slow Forward Movement Across Almost All Employment-based Categories

The U.S. State Department has just released the March 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the sixth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the extremely slow forward movement [...]

By |2019-02-15T10:47:14-05:00February 15th, 2019|Articles, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

USCIS To Use “Final Action” Dates for I-485 Filings from February 1st

USCIS has just announced that as of February 1, 2019, they will use the “Final Action” dates in the February 2019 Visa Bulletin for accepting new I-485 adjustment of status applications. This means that applicants who have a [...]

By |2019-01-17T21:47:13-05:00January 17th, 2019|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

February 2019 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 Dates Advance Slowly; (Almost) No Forward Movement in Filing Dates

The U.S. State Department has just released the February 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the fifth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the gentle [...]

By |2019-01-11T13:05:01-05:00January 11th, 2019|Articles, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

January 2019 Visa Bulletin – EB-3 India Filing Dates Advance for Downgrading

The U.S. State Department has just released the January 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the fourth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the gentle forward movement in EB-1 [...]

By |2018-12-13T11:10:32-05:00December 13th, 2018|AOS, Articles, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

December 2018 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 Gentle Forward Movement; EB-3 India Advances Faster than EB-2 India

The U.S. State Department has just released the December 2018 Visa Bulletin which is the third Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the gentle [...]

By |2018-11-13T10:16:26-05:00November 13th, 2018|Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

Mid-October Visa Bulletin Expectations: EB-1 Slow Movement; EB-3 India to Advance Significantly

As has become a regular practice, our office has obtained an updated set of expected cutoff date movements over the next several months.    Mr. Charles Oppenheim, the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division for the [...]

By |2018-10-25T10:40:30-04:00October 25th, 2018|AOS, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

November 2018 Visa Bulletin – No Forward Movement for EB India and Most of EB China

The U.S. State Department has just released the November 2018 Visa Bulletin which is the second Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin headline is the lack of [...]

By |2018-10-11T14:47:23-04:00October 11th, 2018|AOS, Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

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