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Sooner or later, your Priority Date will become current?in other words, you will finally see a later date, or the letter "C" on the "Dates for Filing" Visa Bulletin chart. Then it's time to move forward with the process of getting your immigrant visa or green card.

Now that you understand how the visa bulletin works, you'll need to monitor it on a regular basis. The U.S. Department of State publishes a monthly bulletin for employment-based and diversity visa categories as well.

Where do I find my Priority Date? If you are a prospective immigrant, you can find your priority date on Form I-797, "Notice of Action", for the petition filed on your behalf. The waiting time before receiving an immigrant visa or adjusting status depends on the: Demand for and supply of immigrant visas.

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

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.

These problems can delay or destroy a person's hopes of immigrating. You have one year after your Priority Date becomes current in the "Application Final Action Dates" chart to pursue your visa or green card.

You have reached the front of the line when your priority date becomes "current." The U.S. Department of State publishes a monthly visa bulletin that lists the priority dates which have become current. In other words, these are the priority dates that now have an immigrant visa available to be claimed.

Priority date: This is the date that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received your I-130 petition. Think of this date as your place in the green card line. You can find your priority date on the I-797 form mailed by USCIS approving your I-130 petition.