US. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will once again use the Dates for Filing chart from the November 2019 Visa Bulletin to determine which applicants may file their adjustment of status applications. These dates are more advantageous for green card applicants for whom a green card number is not yet available, as they allow those applicants to apply for benefits such as employment authorization, travel permission, and access to potential green card portability provisions.

Below is a summary of the Dates for Filing chart.

Category

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

China

El Salvador Guatemala Honduras

India

Mexico

Philippines

EB-1

July 1, 2019

September 1, 2017

July 1, 2019

March 15, 2017

July 1, 2019

July 1, 2019

EB-2

Current

August 1, 2016

Current

July 1, 2009

Current

Current

EB-3

Current

March 1, 2017

Current

February 1, 2010

Current

Current

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