February 2019 Visa Bulletin Commentary
February 2019 Visa Bulletin Commentary February 2019 For all countries except India, China, Philippines, and Mexico: F2A category priority date advances 23 days to 1 December 2016, F2B preference[…]
Category: Visa Bulletins
December 2018 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The December 2018 visa bulletin was released yesterday. It made for very disappointing reading as EB1 did not become ‘current’ as we were anticipating. The visa bulletin has never been[…]
November 2018 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The November 2018 visa bulletin was released today. Below are the new priority dates. It is worth noting that EB1 all countries is still not current. We have a number[…]
October 2018 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The new fiscal year begins in October. The visa bulletin for October 2018 was released yesterday. Unfortunately, EB1 continues to be backlogged but there is good news in other categories.[…]
Visa Bulletin Updates
Every month, the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Department of State Liaison Committee checks in with Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at the Department of[…]
September 2018 Visa Bulletin with Commentary
The September 2018 Visa Bulletin was released today. Most notably, EB2 and EB3 worldwide had final action dates imposed and EB2 China and EB2 and EB3 India retrogressed further. All[…]
EB-1 Retrogression
As discussed in Friday’s blog post, the EB-1 category will retrogress on August 1st. A note in the visa bulletin stated that this retrogression would be immediate. It does look[…]
August 2018 Visa Bulletin with Commentary
The August 2018 Visa Bulletin was released this morning. Most notably, EB1 worldwide will retrogress, most likely becoming current again at the start of the new fiscal year. Additionally, EB3[…]
Additional Visa Bulletin Notes
Every month, the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Department of State Liaison Committee checks in with Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at the Department of[…]
July 2018 Visa Bulletin
The July 2018 Visa Bulletin was released this morning. Most notably, there was major movement in the EB2 India, EB3 India, EB2 China, and F2B categories. Additionally, EB3 China retrogressed,[…]