The United States Department of State has issued forth cutoff dates for issuance of immigrant visas and per the November Bulletin by the State Department, the cutoff dates include:

For EB-1 Visas: Except for China and India, all countries will progress by more than a month to June 1, 2018. India will still be January 1, 2015, and China will shoot ahead to three months, that is, February 1, 2017.

For EB-2 Visas: All countries except India and China will stay the same. China will progress to 10 weeks to March 15, 2019, and India will progress only by a day to May 13, 2009.

For EB-3, Professional and Skilled Workers: India will stay at its current date on January 1, 2009, and China as well on November 1, 2015. However, the Philippines will progress by three and a half months to February 1, 2018 and all countries except the mentioned ones will stay the same. 

EB-5: Most countries within the Non-Regional Center categories will stay the same. However, Vietnam will progress by one month, to November 15, 2016. India will also progress by approximately two weeks at December 8, 2017, and China for about one week on November 1, 2014. Until November 21, 2019, which is the expiration date for the program, these cut-off dates will also be utilized by the Regional Center categories.

For Adjustment of Status applications, USCIS will be announcing the cutoff dates for acceptance of adjustment of status applications this November on its visa bulletin page.

It is unknown whether USCIS will be accepting adjustment of status applications based on the Final Action Chart or the Dates for Filing Chart. The Dates for Filing, which stayed the same and are more advantageous, can be found listed below. 

FINAL ACTION CUT-OFF DATES FOR NOVEMBER 2019 

EB-1

  • India: January 1, 2015
  • China: February 1, 2017
  • All other countries: June 1, 2018

EB-2

  • China: March 15, 2015
  • India: May 13, 2009
  • All other countries: Current

EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers  

  • China: November 1, 2015
  • India: January 1, 2009
  • Philippines: February 1, 2018
  • All other countries: Current

EB-3 Other Workers  

  • China: February 1, 2008
  • India: January 1, 2009
  • Philippines: February 1, 2018
  • All other countries: Current

EB-4*

  • El Salvador, Guatemala Honduras: July 1, 2016
  • Mexico: July 22, 2017
  • All other countries: Current

*Non-minister special immigrant religious worker program will become unavailable on November 21, 2019, unless reauthorized by legislation

EB-5*

  • China: November 1, 2014 
  • Vietnam: November 15, 2016
  • India: December 8, 2017
  • All other countries: Current 

*Regional Center program will become unavailable on November 22, 2019, unless reauthorized by legislation

DATES FOR FILING CUT-OFF DATES FOR NOVEMBER 2019 

EB-1  

  • China: September 1, 2017 
  • India: March 15, 2017
  • All other countries: July 1, 2019

EB-2

  • China: August 1, 2016
  • India: July 1, 2009 
  • All other countries: Current  

EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers  

  • China: March 1, 2017
  • India: February 1, 2010
  • All other countries: Current 

EB-3 Other Workers  

  • China: August 1, 2008
  • India: February 1, 2010
  • All other countries: Current 

EB-4

  • El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras: August 15, 2016
  • All other countries: Current 

EB-5  

  • China: January 1, 2015
  • All other countries: Current  

Posted in: Immigration

posted on: November 14, 2019

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