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April Visa Bulletin Update
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The
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April Visa Bulletin
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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.
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Significantly,
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USCIS announced
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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
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may only have a few weeks left to file an
adjustment of status application.
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April Employment-Based Final Action Dates Chart
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<th>
Employment- Based Immigrant Visas
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<th>
All Chargeability
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Areas Except
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Those Listed
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</th>
<th>
China (Mainland)
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El Salvador
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Guatemala
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Honduras
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India
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Mexico
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Philippines
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Vietnam
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<td>
1st
</td>
<td>
01JUN19
</td>
<td>
08JUN17
</td>
<td>
01JUN19
</td>
<td>
01MAY15
</td>
<td>
01JUN19
</td>
<td>
01JUN19
</td>
<td>
01JUN19
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2nd
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<td>
C
</td>
<td>
01SEP15
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<td>
C
</td>
<td>
25MAY09
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C
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<td>
C
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C
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3rd
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01JAN17
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15APR16
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01JAN17
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22JAN09
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<td>
01JAN17
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<td>
01JAN17
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
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<td>
Other Workers
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<td>
01JAN17
</td>
<td>
01JUL08
</td>
<td>
01JAN17
</td>
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22JAN09
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<td>
01JAN17
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<td>
01JAN17
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<td>
01JAN17
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4th
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C
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C
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15JUL16
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C
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22JAN18
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C
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C
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Certain Religious Workers
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C
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C
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15JUL16
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C
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22JAN18
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C
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C
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EB-5 Non Regional Centers
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C
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15MAY15
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C
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01JAN19
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C
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C
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08FEB17
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EB-5 Regional Centers
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<td>
C
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<td>
15MAY15
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<td>
C
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<td>
01JAN19
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C
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C
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08FEB17
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<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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