January Visa Bulletin: USCIS reverts back to Final Date of Action for Employment-Based Categories
December 22, 2016
With the January 2017 Visa Bulletin, the USCIS is reverting back to the “Final Action” chart for Employment-based categories, which will cause a further retrogression of the cut-off dates for the EB2 and EB3 India and China categories. For Family-based categories, the USCIS is retaining the “Filing Date” chart which has no forward movement for January.
“Final Action Date” Chart for Employment-Based Applicants
“Filing Date” Chart for Family-Based Applicants
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