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There is never a boring day practicing immigration law. While we are getting clients ready to file their I-485s and when they are planning their trips to visit their long-missed families in their home countries, the DHS has just announced that the DOS has changed the October Visa Bulletin - mostly the "filing date" charts. The changes are as follows:
Family 1st Mexico: From July 1, 1995 to April 1, 1995
Family 3rd Mexico: From Oct. 1, 1996 to May 1, 1995
Employment 2nd China: From May 1, 2014 to Jan. 1, 2013
Employment 2nd India: From July 1, 2011 to July 1, 2009
Employment 3rd and Other Workers Philippines: From Jan. 1, 2015 to Jan. 1, 2010
Employment 3rd and Other Workers Philippines: From Jan. 1, 2015 to Jan. 1, 2010
As reported earlier, the October VisaBulletin provides two charts for both employment-based and family-based immigrant visa categories. The new charts provide many benefits such as early filing of applications, which is good news for immigrant visa applicants.
For employment categories, the changes are all backward.
For employment categories, the changes are all backward.
Unfortunately some applicants and their families would have to wait for the next opportunity to file their I-485 applications and the related EAD employment and AP travel applications.
AD: Dates for Final Action
FD : Dates for Filing Applications
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FAMILY
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Other Countries
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China
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India
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Mexico
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Philippines
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F1
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AD
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01/15/2008
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01/15/2008
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01/15/2008
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11/22/1994
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06/01/2001
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FD
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05/01/2009
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05/01/2009
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05/01/2009
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04/01/1995
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09/01/2005
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F2A
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AD
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04/15/2014
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04/15/2014
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04/15/2014
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03/01/2014
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04/15/2014
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FD
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03/01/2015
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03/01/2015
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03/01/2015
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03/01/2015
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03/01/2015
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F2B
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AD
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01/15/2009
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01/15/2009
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01/15/2009
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08/01/1995
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10/01/2004
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FD
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07/01/2010
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07/01/2010
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07/01/2010
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01/01/1996
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01/01/2005
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F3
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AD
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05/22/2004
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05/22/2004
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05/22/2004
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06/08/1994
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10/01/1993
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FD
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04/01/2005
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04/01/2005
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04/01/2005
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05/01/1995
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08/01/1995
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F4
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AD
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02/08/2003
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02/08/2003
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02/08/2003
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03/22/1997
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05/01/1992
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FD
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02/01/2004
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02/01/2004
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02/01/2004
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05/01/1998
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01/01/1993
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1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,000 per year).
2A: The 2 "A" preference is for Spouses and Children (under 21 & unmarried) of LPR's.
2B: The 2 "B" Preference is for Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 or older) of LPR's.
3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens.(about 23,000 per year)
4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens.(about 65,000 per year)
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EMPLOYMENT
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Other Countries
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China
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India
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Mexico
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Philippines
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EB1
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AD
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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EB2
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AD
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C
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01/01/2012
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05/01/2005
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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01/01/2013
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07/01/2009
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C
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C
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EB3
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AD
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08/15/2015
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10/15/2011
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03/08/2004
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08/15/2015
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01/01/2007
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FD
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09/01/2015
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10/01/2013
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07/01/2005
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09/01/2015
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01/01/2010
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Other Workers
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AD
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08/15/2015
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01/01/2006
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03/08/2004
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08/15/2015
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01/01/2007
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FD
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09/01/2015
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01/01/2007
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07/01/2005
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09/01/2015
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01/01/2010
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EB4
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AD
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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EB5
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AD
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C
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10/08/2013
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C
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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05/01/2015
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C
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C
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C
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1st: Priority Workers (Extraordinary ability aliens, multinational companies executives/managers, outstanding prof./researchers)
2nd: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.
3rd: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers (Unskilled.)
4th: "Special Immigrants" (Religious & others)
5th: Employment Creation (Investors)
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