USCIS accepts Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, for processing. USCIS accepts Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er) or Special Immigrant, for processing. You are a fourth preference special immigrant, including religious workers USCIS accepts Form I-140 for processing to classify the sponsored worker under the requested preference category. Your preference category does not require a DOL labor certification To preserve the priority date, the petitioner must file Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, with USCIS within 180 days of the DOL approval date on the labor certification or else the labor certification is no longer valid. Your preference category requires a labor certification from Department of Labor (DOL)ĭOL accepts the labor certification application for processing. Finding Your Priority Dateįor employment-based immigrants, the priority date depends on the following: If Check the latest dates for filing adjustment of status applications. If DOS makes any changes to either chart in the Visa Bulletin after publishing it, we will review those changes and determine if any further action is necessary. Unless otherwise indicated on our Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for Visa Bulletin webpage, you must use the “Application Final Action Dates” for determining when you can file a Form I-485 with USCIS.ĭOS, working with the Department of Homeland Security, revises the Visa Bulletin each month to estimate immigrant visa availability for prospective adjustment of status applicants. Otherwise, you must use the Application Final Action Dates chart to determine when to file an adjustment of status application with USCIS.
When we determine there are more immigrant visas available for the fiscal year than there are known applicants, you may use the Dates for Filing Applications chart to determine when to file an adjustment of status application with USCIS.
The children (unmarried and under 21 years of age) of U.S.citizens are unlimited, so they are always available. Immigrant visas for immediate relatives of U.S. Department of State (DOS) can issue to noncitizens seeking to become lawful permanent residents (get a Green Card) each year. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets the number of immigrant visas the U.S.