Place Date Bulletin For Free

EB-1: All countries remain unchanged from last month. China remains at February 1, 2022, India at January 1, 2012, and all other countries at August 1, 2023. EB-2: India will remain at January 1, 2011, and China will remain at July 8, 2019. All other countries will advance by three months, to July 1, 2022.

As such, your priority date is so crucial since the green card system works on a first-come, first-served basis. The limit for family-sponsored preference case visas is 226,000 per year, while the employment-based immigrant visa preference category has a limit of 140,000 per year.

What is a priority date? A priority date is the date that USCIS considers an individual to have officially declared their intent to apply for permanent residency. Priority dates determine one's place in line for a green card, and can be found on either the I-130 or I-140 receipt notice.

Wait Times for Green Cards When the sponsor is a U.S. citizen (known as the CR1 visa) is 12.7 months. When the sponsor is a green card holder (known as the F2A visa) is: 25 months. For more up to date timelines, Boundless analyzes monthly processing times at USCIS field offices across the country.

The filing of an I-140 is normally what gives an employee a priority date, except in the case where a PERM labor certification must be filed. In this case, the priority date is the date the PERM is filed with the Department of Labor.

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.

In the first few months of 2023, we have continued to see improvements in processing times for many petitions and applications. For example, the current processing time for the I-129 petition is approximately 2 months.