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Article: April Visa Bulletin Update By Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP

March 19, 2020

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The
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href=”https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-for-april-2020.html”
>
April Visa Bulletin
</a>
has modest forward movement among most
employment-based preference categories. EB-1
Worldwide continues to be backlogged but moved
forward by a few months while India and China had
slower forward movement. EB-2 and EB-3 moved
forward slightly for China and India but not at all
for any other countries. EB-5 India continues to
move forward rapidly and, according to the March
13, 2020 USCIS EB-5 Stakeholder Call, is expected
to be current this summer.
</p>
<p>
Significantly,
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href=”https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/visa-availability-priority-dates/when-file-your-adjustment-status-application-family-sponsored-or-employment-based-preference-visas-april-2020″
>
USCIS announced
</a>
that in April, it will only accept applications for
adjustment of status based on Chart A – Final
Action Dates, for the first time this fiscal year.
Therefore, anyone with a current priority date
based on Chart B – Dates for Filing as of the
<a
href=”https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-for-march-2020.html”
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March Visa Bulletin
</a>
may only have a few weeks left to file an
adjustment of status application.
</p>
<p>
April Employment-Based Final Action Dates Chart
</p>
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<thead>
<tr>
<th>
Employment- Based Immigrant Visas
</th>
<th>
All Chargeability
<br/>
Areas Except
<br/>
Those Listed
<br/>
</th>
<th>
China (Mainland)
</th>
<th>
El Salvador
<br/>
Guatemala
<br/>
Honduras
<br/>
</th>
<th>
India
</th>
<th>
Mexico
</th>
<th>
Philippines
</th>
<th>
Vietnam
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
1st
</td>
<td>
01JUN19
</td>
<td>
08JUN17
</td>
<td>
01JUN19
</td>
<td>
01MAY15
</td>
<td>
01JUN19
</td>
<td>
01JUN19
</td>
<td>
01JUN19
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
2nd
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
01SEP15
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
25MAY09
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
3rd
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
</td>
<td>
15APR16
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
</td>
<td>
22JAN09
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Other Workers
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
</td>
<td>
01JUL08
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
</td>
<td>
22JAN09
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
4th
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
15JUL16
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
22JAN18
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Certain Religious Workers
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
15JUL16
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
22JAN18
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
EB-5 Non Regional Centers
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
15MAY15
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
01JAN19
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
08FEB17
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
EB-5 Regional Centers
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
15MAY15
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
01JAN19
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
C
</td>
<td>
08FEB17
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>
<em>
WR is a world leader in global mobility using <a href=”https://wolfsdorf.com/wrapid/”>WRapid</a>, the firm’s
immigration management system Powered by Salesforce, to facilitate the
movement of talent worldwide.
</em>
</p>
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<em>
<br/>
</em>
</div>
<p>This post originally appeared on <a href=”https://wolfsdorf.com/blog/2020/03/18/april-visa-bulletin-update/” target=”_blank”>Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP</a>. Reprinted with permission.</p>

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<b>Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP</b> is a full-service, top-rated immigration law firm providing exceptional immigration and visa services. With over 30 years of experience and offices in Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Monica, and Shanghai, the firm specializes in providing global immigration solutions for investors, multinational corporations, small businesses, academic and research institutions, artists and individuals. Wolfsdorf Rosenthal attorneys are experts in their field and are featured contributors and speakers at local, national and global immigration forums and publications. They are also consistently recognized for their work and honored by the most prestigious awards on a national and global level.
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