Client Alert!
Throughout the month of March, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from foreign nationals with a priority date that is the same or earlier than the “Dates for Filing” chart listed in the State Department’s monthly Visa Bulletin.
“Dates for Filing” chart for March 2023:
EB-1
China: June 1, 2022
India: June 1, 2022
All other countries: Current
EB-2
China: July 8, 2019
India: May 1, 2012
All other countries: December 1, 2022
EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers
China: September 1, 2018
India: August 1, 2012
All other countries: Current
EB-3 Other Workers
China: November 1, 2015
India: August 1, 2012
All other countries: February 1, 2020
EB-4
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras: April 15, 2018
Mexico: September 1, 2020
India: April 1, 2021
All other countries: March 1, 2022
Certain Religious Workers
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras: April 15, 2018
Mexico: September 1, 2020
India: April 1, 2021
All other countries: March 1, 2022
EB-5 Unreserved (Regional Center and Non-Regional Center)
China: January 1, 2016
India: December 8, 2019
All other countries: Current
EB-5 Set-Asides
Rural: Current for all countries
High Unemployment: Current for all countries
Infrastructure: Current for all countries
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