{"id":570,"date":"2017-03-16T17:08:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T05:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swlgpc.com\/en\/blog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2017-03-16T17:08:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T05:08:47","slug":"april-2017-visa-bulletin-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/april-2017-visa-bulletin-issued\/","title":{"rendered":"APRIL 2017 VISA BULLETIN ISSUED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of State (DOS) has issued its April\u00a02017 Visa Bulletin.\u00a0 For the categories that are not current, there continues to be slow advancement for EB-2 and EB-3 categories.\u00a0 Notably, EB-3 India has made an advancement of 2 days after a period of no advancement since the February\u00a02017 Visa Bulletin.<\/p>\n<p><u>EB-1-Worldwide<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<u>Priority dates are current<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>EB-2-Worldwide<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<u>Priority dates are current<\/u>, <strong>except:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>China<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u>Priority date of January\u00a015, 2013 (<\/u>Advancement of one month)<\/p>\n<p><u>India<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<u>Priority date of June 22, 2008 (<\/u>Advancement of 21\u00a0days)<\/p>\n<p><u>EB-3-Worldwide<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0<u>Priority date of February\u00a015, 2017 (<\/u>Advancement of 2 months)<\/p>\n<p><u>China<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u>Priority date of August\u00a015, 2014 (<\/u>Advancement of 5 months)<\/p>\n<p><u>India<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u>Priority date of March 24, 2005 (<\/u>Advancement of 2 days)<\/p>\n<p><u>Philippines<\/u>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u>Priority date of September\u00a015, 2012 (<\/u>Advancement of 6\u00a0months)<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>USCIS ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS DATES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If USCIS determines that there are more immigrant visas available for a fiscal year than there are known applicants for such visas, the USCIS will state on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/visabulletininfo\">www.uscis.gov\/visabulletininfo<\/a> that you may use the\u00a0<strong><em>Dates for Filing Visa Applications<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0chart in the Department of State April\u00a02017 Visa Bulletin. Otherwise, USCIS will indicate on their web site that you must use the\u00a0<strong><em>Application Final Action Dates<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0chart to determine when you may file your adjustment of status application in the United States.\u00a0 Currently, as of this publication, the USCIS has not determined which chart to use for April\u00a02017.\u00a0 The dates listed above are the Application Final Action Dates.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Check-In with Charlie Oppenheim<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no April\u00a02017 analysis or predictions from Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of Visa Control and Reporting Division for the U.S. Department of State (DOS).\u00a0 Charlie Oppenheim is responsible for analyzing and predicting immigrant preference categories. SW Law Group will post any updated analysis and predictions from Charlie Oppenheim if such information is released this month.<\/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 April\u00a02017 Visa Bulletin.\u00a0 For the categories that are not current, there continues to be slow advancement for EB-2 and EB-3 categories.\u00a0 Notably, EB-3 India has made an advancement of 2 days after a period of no advancement since the February\u00a02017 Visa Bulletin. 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