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Priority Dates

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Employment Based Priority Dates: For May 2025

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

08 NOV 22

15 FEB 22

C

C

2nd

22 JUN 23

01 OCT 20

01 JAN 13

22 JUN 23

22 JUN 23

3rd

01 JAN 23

01 NOV 20

15 APR 13

01 JAN 23

01 JAN 23

Other Workers

22 MAY 21

01 APR 17

15 APR 13

22 MAY 21

22 MAY 21

4th

U

U

U

U

U

Certain Religious Workers

U

U

U

U

U

5th

Unreserved

(including C5,

T5,15, R5)

C

22 JAN 14

01 MAY 19

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 JAN 23

15 APR 22

C

C

2nd

01 AUG 23

01 NOV 20

01 FEB 13

01 AUG 23

01 AUG 23

3rd

01 MAR 23

15 NOV 20

08 JUN 13

01 MAR 23

01 MAR 23

Other Workers

22 JUN 21

01 JAN 18

08 JUN 13

22 JUN 21

22 JUN 21

4th

01 FEB 21

01 FEB 21

01 FEB 21

01 FEB 21

01 FEB 21

Certain Religious Workers

01 FEB 21

01 FEB 21

01 FEB 21

01 FEB 21

01 FEB 21

5th

Unreserved

(including C5,

T5, 15, R5)

C

01 OCT 16

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 May 2025

A. FINAL ACTION DATES FOR FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCE CASES

Family Sponsored

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA - mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

F1

15 MAR 16

15 MAR 16

15 MAR 16

22 APR 05

15 JUL 12

F2A

01 JAN 22

01 JAN 22

01 JAN 22

15 MAY 21

01 JAN 22

F2B

22 JUL 16

22 JUL 16

22 JUL 16

01 JAN 06

08 FEB 12

F3

01 APR 11

01 APR 11

01 APR 11

15 JAN 01

22 SEP 03

F4

01 JAN 08

01 JAN 08

15 JUN 06

15 MAR 01

01 JUN 05

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 06

22 APR 15

F2A

01 FEB 25

01 FEB 25

01 FEB 25

01 FEB 25

01 FEB 25

F2B

01 JAN 17

01 JAN 17

01 JAN 17

01 APR 07

01 OCT 13

F3

22 JUL 12

22 JUL 12

22 JUL 12

15 JUN 01

22 SEP 04

F4

01 JUN 08

01 JUN 08

01 OCT 06

30 APR 01

01 JAN 08

Diversity Visa Priority Dates: For May 2025

REGIONS

ALL DV CHARGEABILITY AREAS EXCEPT THOSE LISTED SEPARATELY


Africa

35,000

Except:

Algeria 34,500

Egypt 32,500

Morocco 30,000

Asia

6,500

Except:

Iran 6,450

Nepal 6,450

Europe

16,000

Except:

Russia 15,950

Uzbekistan 9,000

North America (Bahamas)

20


Oceana

1,550


South America and the Caribbean

2,250

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

REGIONS

ALL DV CHARGEABILITY AREAS EXCEPT THOSE LISTED SEPARATELY


Africa

42,500


Except:

Algeria 42,250

Egypt 36,250

Morocco 30,000

Asia

8,250

Except:

Iran 8,000

Nepal 8,000

Europe

17,500


Except:

Russia 17,450

Uzbekistan 10,250

North America (Bahamas)

20


Oceana


1,550


South America and the Caribbean

2,300


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