{"id":466,"date":"2016-09-13T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T00:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swlgpc.com\/en\/blog\/?p=466"},"modified":"2016-09-13T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T00:37:17","slug":"october-2016-visa-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/october-2016-visa-bulletin\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2016 Visa Bulletin Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of State (DOS) has issued its October 2016 Visa Bulletin for Fiscal Year 2017.\u00a0 With the October 2017 Visa Bulletin, some categories returned to their \u201ccurrent status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EB-1 (Priority Workers) is current worldwide as predicted. EB-2 (Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability) India, an advancement of 1 year 10 months 25 days, China, an advancement of 2 years 1 month 15 days, while current worldwide. For EB-3 (Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers) categories there is advancement for all categories: Worldwide by one month, India by 15 days, and the Philippines by five months. China significantly advanced by 3 years 21 days.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will only accept cases for the following:<\/p>\n<p><u>EB-1-Worldwide<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u>Priority dates are current<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>EB-2-Worldwide<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u>Priority date is current<\/u>, <strong>except:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>India<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>Priority date of January 15, 2007<\/u>,<\/p>\n<p>Advancement of: 1 year, 10 months, 25 days.<span style=\"line-height: 1.71429; font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><u>China<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u>Priority date of February 15, 2012<\/u>,<\/p>\n<p>Advancement of:\u00a0 2 years, 1 month, 15 days.<\/p>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><u>EB-3-Worldwide<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>Priority date of June 1, 2016<\/u>,\u00a0<strong>except:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Advancement of 1 month.<\/p>\n<p><u>India<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>Priority date of March 1, 2005<\/u>,<\/p>\n<p>Advancement of 15 days.<\/p>\n<p><u>China<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u>Priority date of January 22, 2013<\/u>,<\/p>\n<p>Advancement of 3 years, 21 days.<\/p>\n<p><u>Philippines<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u>Priority date of December 1, 2010<\/u>,<\/p>\n<p>Advancement of 5 months.<\/p>\n<p>USCIS PREDICTION OF POTENTIAL EMPLOYMENT BASED MONTHLY MOVEMENTS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EB-1 Will remain current for all countries.<\/li>\n<li>EB-2 Worldwide:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Current, <strong>except<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>China:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Up to three months.<\/p>\n<p>India: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Up to four months.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EB-3 Worldwide:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Will be necessary to limit movement with the significant \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 amount of demand for numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>China: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Up to three months.<\/p>\n<p>India: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Up to one week.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Will remain at the worldwide date.<\/p>\n<p>Philippines: \u00a0 Up to three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>NOTE<\/u>: The USCIS will only accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from foreign nationals with a priority date that is current for final action (<u>not Dates for Filing<\/u>).<\/p>\n<p>Please contact <strong>SW Law Group <\/strong>if you have any further questions regarding these developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of State (DOS) has issued its October 2016 Visa Bulletin for Fiscal Year 2017.\u00a0 With the October 2017 Visa Bulletin, some categories returned to their \u201ccurrent status.\u201d EB-1 (Priority Workers) is current worldwide as predicted. 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