{"id":475,"date":"2016-09-27T11:13:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T23:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swlgpc.com\/en\/blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2016-09-27T11:13:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T23:13:17","slug":"october-visa-bulletin-update-uscis-to-honor-filing-dates-for-most-employment-based-categories-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/october-visa-bulletin-update-uscis-to-honor-filing-dates-for-most-employment-based-categories-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"October Visa Bulletin Update: USCIS to Honor Filing Dates for Most Employment-Based Categories Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USCIS has announced that there are more immigrant visas available for FY-2017 than known visa applicants, therefore, instead of using the <strong>\u201cFinal Action Dates\u201d<\/strong> chart in the October 2016 Department of State Visa Bulletin, adjustment of status applicants may use the <strong>\u201cDates for Filing\u201d<\/strong> charts for the October 2016 Visa Bulletin. USCIS anticipates that they will designate one of the two charts each month within one week of the Department of State\u2019s publication of the Visa Bulletins.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, for those applicants who are in legal status in the United States with a nonimmigrant visa, who have an approved Employment Based petition in the categories listed below, use the \u201c<strong>Dates for Filing\u201d<\/strong> column to determine whether you can now submit your I-485, Adjustment of Status to Lawful Permanent Resident, application packet to the USCIS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Final Action Dates\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 Dates for Filing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>EB-1-Worldwide<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u>Current<\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u>Current<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>EB-2-Worldwide<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u>Current<\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>Current<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>India<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>January 15, 2007<\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <u>April 22, 2009<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>China<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>February 15, 2012<\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <u>March 1, 2013<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>EB-3-Worldwide<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u>June 1, 2016<\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <u>Current<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>India<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>March 1, 2005<\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>July 1, 2005<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>China<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>January 22, 2013<\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <u>May 1, 2014<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>Philippines<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u>December 1, 2010<\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>September 1, 2013<\/u><\/p>\n<p>If you have any further questions or would like assistance to submit your Adjustment of Status application packet, please contact <strong>SW Law Group <\/strong>regarding this development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USCIS has announced that there are more immigrant visas available for FY-2017 than known visa applicants, therefore, instead of using the \u201cFinal Action Dates\u201d chart in the October 2016 Department of State Visa Bulletin, adjustment of status applicants may use the \u201cDates for Filing\u201d charts for the October 2016 Visa Bulletin. USCIS anticipates that they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}