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发帖数: 81 | 1 USCIS, in coordination with Department of State (DOS), is revising the
procedures for determining visa availability for applicants waiting to file
for employment-based or family-sponsored preference adjustment of status.
The revised process will better align with procedures DOS uses for foreign
nationals who seek to become U.S. permanent residents by applying for
immigrant visas at U.S. consulates and embassies abroad.
This revised process will enhance DOS’s ability to more accurately predict
overall immigrant visa demand and determine the cut-off dates for visa
issuance published in the Visa Bulletin. This will help ensure that the
maximum number of immigrant visas are issued annually as intended by
Congress, and minimize month-to-month fluctuations in Visa Bulletin final
action dates.
The Visa Bulletin revisions implement November 2014 executive actions on
immigration announced by President Obama and Secretary of Homeland Security
Johnson, as detailed in the White House report, Modernizing and Streamlining
Our Legal Immigration System for the 21st century, issued in July 2015.
What is Changing
Two charts per visa preference category will be posted in the DOS Visa
Bulletin:
Application Final Action Dates (dates when visas may finally be issued); and
Dates for Filing Applications (earliest dates when applicants may be able to
apply).
Each month, in coordination with DOS, USCIS will monitor visa numbers and
post the relevant DOS Visa Bulletin chart. Applicants can use the charts to
determine when to file their Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent
Residence or Adjust Status.
To determine whether additional visas are available, USCIS will compare the
number of visas available for the remainder of the fiscal year with:
Documentarily qualified visa applicants reported by DOS;
Pending adjustment of status applications reported by USCIS; and
Historical drop off rate (for example, denials, withdrawals, abandonments).
About the Visa Bulletin
DOS publishes current immigrant visa availability information in a monthly
Visa Bulletin. The Visa Bulletin indicates when statutorily limited visas
are available to prospective immigrants based on their individual priority
date.
The priority date is generally the date when the applicant’s relative or
employer properly filed the immigrant visa petition on the applicant’s
behalf with USCIS. If a labor certification is required to be filed with the
applicant’s immigrant visa petition, then the priority date is when the
labor certification application was accepted for processing by Department of
Labor.
Availability of an immigrant visa means eligible applicants are able to take
one of the final steps in the process of becoming U.S. permanent residents.
Learn more about adjustment of status and the Visa Bulletin on our website.
For more, visit our site.
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