- Next month, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from foreign nationals with a priority date that is earlier than the Dates for Filing listed in the State Department’s January Visa Bulletin.
- To be eligible to file an employement-based adjustment application in January, foreign national must have a priotiy date that is earlier than the date listed below for their preference category and country:
- EB-1
- China: January 1, 2023
- India: January 1, 2021
- All other countries: Current
- EB-2
- China: June 1, 2020*
- India: May 15, 2012
- All other countries:February 15, 2023
- *Note:The State Department website erroneously repeates last month’s date of January 1, 2020 for this category, and the error is repeated on the USCIS website. However, the Official January Visa Bulletin, which is understood to be the most accurate source, lists a June 1, 2020 date.
- EB-3
- China: June 1, 2017
- India :August 1, 2012
- Philippines:May 15, 2020
- All other countries: December 15, 2020
- EB-4
- All countries: September 1, 2019
- EB-5 Unreserved
- China:January 1, 2017
- India:April 1, 2022
- All other countries : Current
- EB-5 Set-Asides
- Rural:Current for all countries
- High Unemployment: Current for all countries
- infrastructure:Current for all countries
- EB-1