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Priority Dates

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Employment Based Priority Dates: For December 2023

A. FINAL ACTION DATES FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCE CASES

Employment Based

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA - mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

Ist

C

15 FEB 22

01 JAN 17

C

C

2nd

15 JUL 22

22 OCT 19

01 JAN 12

15 JUL 22

15 JUL 22

3rd

01 DEC 21

22 JAN 20

01 MAY 12

01 DEC 21

01 DEC 21

Other Workers

01 AUG 20

01 JAN 16

01 MAY 12

01 AUG 20

01 MAY 20

4th

01 JAN 19

01 JAN 19

01 JAN 19

01 JAN 19

01 JAN 19

Certain Religious Workers

U

U

U

U

U

5th

Unreserved

(including C5,

T5,15, R5)

C

01 OCT 15

15 DEC 18

C

C

5th set Aside:

Rural (20%)

C

C

C

C

C

5th Set Aside:

High Unemployment (10%)

C

C

C

C

C

5th Set Aside:

Infrastructure

(2%)

C

C

C

C

C

B. DATES FOR FILING OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISA APPLICATIONS

Employment Based

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA - mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

Ist

C

01 AUG 22

01 JUL 19

C

C

2nd

01 JAN 23

01 JAN 20

15 MAY 12

01 JAN 23

01 JAN 23

3rd

01 FEB 23

01 SEP 20

01 AUG 12

01 FEB 23

01 JAN 23

Other Workers

15 DEC 20

01 JUN 17

01 AUG 12

15 DEC 20

15 MAY 20

4th

01 MAR 19

01 MAR 19

01 MAR 19

01 MAR 19

01 MAR 19

Certain Religious Workers

01 MAR 19

01 MAR 19

01 MAR 19

01 MAR 19

01 MAR 19

5th

Unreserved

(including C5,

T5, 15, R5)

C

01 JAN 17

01 APR 22

C

C

5th Set

Aside:

(Rural - 20%)

C

C

C

C

C

5th Set

Aside:

(Hish Unemployme

nt - 10%)

C

C

C

C

C

5th Set

Aside:

(lnfrastructur

e-2%)

C

C

C

C

C

Family Based Priority Dates: For December 2023

A. FINAL ACTION DATES FOR FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCE CASES

Family Sponsored

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA - mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

F1

01 JAN 15

01 JAN 15

01 JAN 15

01 MAY 01

01 MAR 12

F2A

08 FEB 19

08 FEB 19

08 FEB 19

01 FEB 19

08 FEB 19

F2B

22 SEP 15

22 SEP 15

22 SEP 15

01 MAY 02

22 OCT 11

F3

08 JAN 09

08 JAN 09

08 JAN 09

22 MAR 98

08 JUN 02

F4

22 APR 07

22 APR 07

08 OCT 05

15 SEP 00

22 AUG 02

B. DATES FOR FILING FAMILY-SPONSORED VISA APPLICATIONS

Employment Based

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA - mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

F1

01 SEP 17

01 SEP 17

01 SEP 17

01 APR 05

22 APR 15

F2A

01 SEP 23

01 SEP 23

01 SEP 23

01 SEP 23

01 SEP 23

F2B

01 JAN 17

01 JAN 17

01 JAN 17

01 AUG 04

01 OCT 13

F3

01 MAR 10

01 MAR 10

01 MAR 10

15 JUN 01

08 NOV 03

F4

01 MAR 08

01 MAR 08

22 FEB 06

15 APR 01

22 APR 04

Diversity Visa Priority Dates: For December 2023

REGIONS

ALL DV CHARGEABILITY AREAS EXCEPT THOSE LISTED SEPARATELY


Africa

11,000

Except:

Algeria 10,500

Egypt 10,000

Morocco 10,000

Asia

3,000

Except:

Iran 2,800

Nepal 2,500

Europe

6,000

Except:

Russia 5,900

Uzbekistan 3,000

North America (Bahamas)

5


Oceana

450


South America and the Caribbean

600

The Diversity (DV) Immigrant Category Rank Cut-Offs Which Will Apply in January

REGIONS

ALL DV CHARGEABILITY AREAS EXCEPT THOSE LISTED SEPARATELY


Africa

22,000

Except:

Algeria 15,000

Egypt 15,000

Morocco 20,000

Asia

5,500

Except:

Iran 5,450

Nepal 3,000

Europe

12,000

Except:

Russia 11,500

Uzbekistan 4,750

North America (Bahamas)

5


Oceana

650


South America and the Caribbean

1000

Processing Dates

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Dana Davidson - Full Bio

Dana T. Davidson holds degrees from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and State University of New York at Stony Brook and has been practicing immigration law since 2003 in New York and nationwide. She represents corporations, individuals, and families in a broad range of immigration matters. Attorney Davidson has offices in New York City and Glen Cove.
 

Education

  • Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York, New York
  • Juris Doctor – 1988
  • Honors: Moot Court Board, Member, Judge
  • State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York
  • Bachelor of Arts – 1982
  • Major: Political Science
  • Concentration: Business


Pro-Bono Activities

  • Safe Passage Project, Volunteer Attorney, 2013-Present
  • Educating the Educators, Founder, 2012-Present
  • Momentum Project, Board Member, 1991-1994 Bar Admission
  • New York, Eastern District
  • New York, Southern District
  • Washington, D.C.

Speaking Engagements
 
  • AILA RDC-EMEA Spring Conference 2018, Berlin, Germany, Speaker on “Public Charge” panel
  • AILA RDC-EMEA Fall Conference 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa, Speaker: “Practice Management in the New Age” panel
  • AILA RDC-EMEA Spring Conference 2018, Madrid, Spain, Speaker: “El Traje de Luces: Self-Sponsored Petitions – EB-1A and NIW”  AILA RDC-EMEA Spring Conference 2017, Brussels, Belgium, Speaker: “Continuing Blanket L Challenges”
  • Safe Passage Project, March 2017, Speaker: “Representing Unaccompanied Minors: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and the Effects of President Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration”
  • AILA RDC-EMEA Fall Conference 2016, Speaker: “It’s Not About Money: I-864”
  • AILA RDC-EMEA Spring Conference 2016, Vienna, Austria, Speaker: “K-Visa: Differences Between K-1 and I-130 Processing”
  • New York Institute of Technology’s Center for Entrepreneurship, January 2016, Entrepreneur/Executive-in-Residence
  • AILA Fall Conference 2015, London, UK, Speaker: Impact of joint sponsors on family-based cases
  • Goldman-Sachs 10,000 Small Business Education Program, October 2014, “What is required to grow a business?”
  • Dowling College, May 2013, Keynote Speaker at the first annual Latino Summit at Dowling College
  • International Taxation Conference, 2010