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Your priority date is generally the date when your relative or employer properly filed the immigrant visa petition on your behalf with USCIS.

The 'Final Action Date' signifies when an immigrant visa number will be available for a foreign national with a current priority date that month. The visa or green card cannot be issued unless the applicant's priority date is earlier than the Final Action Date listed on the visa bulletin.

The Visa Bulletin is a monthly publication that provides updated monthly numbers of the list of applicants and the "current" priority date for those applicants. The publication normally is issued the second or third week of each month.

Determine your Priority Date. This is the date that your approved Form I-130 was filed. This date appears on the Form I-797 that USCIS issued to your petitioner when the Form I-130 was approved (refer to the ?Receipt Date?).

Form I-797 Notice of Action Priority Date Your priority date is the date on which USCIS received your application. This is one of the most crucial dates to remember, so prioritize this document and the date itself. You will use your priority date to see where you land on the U.S. Department of State's Visa Bulletin.

After the "Final Action Dates" chart shows that your priority date is current, applicants will have one year to contact the NVC and pursue their green cards.

You can find your priority date on the I-797 form mailed by USCIS approving your I-130 petition. Current: In the context of the visa bulletin, ?current? means no backlog and no wait time for a green card. A particular priority date becomes ?current? once it reaches the front of the line and a green card is available.