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• Niw physician

  Not currently no. You can file I-140 but you can't file I-485 until your I-140's priority date is current according to the monthly visa bulletin. Source: 5 months ago

• Work visa for Serbian citizens

  Https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html. Source: 6 months ago

• I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

  Looks like there's a small backlog for Mexico/Philippines, large backlog for China and even larger for India-born employment-based applicants. See https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html and click on the latest bulletin. You'll probably want to look at the employment-based green card waiting list. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Visa Bulletin

  The visa bulletin isn't published consistently on the same day of the month every month so the answer is: no one knows. Just check https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html every day or so and it'll be published when it's published. Source: 11 months ago

• Need advice on my case - wait for family based I-485 is killing me.

  First, is your priority date current according to the monthly visa bulletin? If not, there's nothing you can do to expedite. Source: 11 months ago

• No contact from nvc

  Visa Bulletin: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html. Source: 11 months ago

• Visa Bulletin July 2023 Released

  You're not dumb but you can look this up easily yourself by looking at each month's bulletin, all of which are accessible here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html. Source: 12 months ago

• Filing an i130 - clarity on whether I can submit i485 at the same time?

  If that's correct, you cannot submit I-485 at this time (setting aside the ESTA issue). You're in the first family preference category a.k.a. F1, which has a significant backlog. You're looking at 10-20 years of waiting (depending on your country of birth) before you can immigrate to the US. You'll have to wait until your I-130's priority date is current according to the monthly visa bulletin until you can immigrate. Source: 12 months ago

• I-130 Approved, F11 Visa Category, Married Last Year - Need Guidance! Already in the USA on H4 Visa, Parents are US Citizens

  Approval of the I-130 aside, you also need to look at the I-130's priority date, which should be displayed on your approval notice. If it isn't current according to the visa bulletin, you can't do anything with that I-130 yet. Source: almost 1 year ago

• Can you get immigrant visa from embassy once your petition was approved?

  That means your priority date must be current in the monthly visa bulletin in order for you to get a visa. They won't give you one otherwise. Your PD should be printed on your I-140 approval. Source: about 1 year ago

• Question - No need of H1b lottery if PERM is approved?

  When the visa bulletin shows that your category's priority date has moved to your date or later, you can file I-485 to get a green card. You will note that current EB-2 and EB-3 India priority dates are more than a decade behind. You have even longer than that to wait, because numbers of applications have increased over time. The India priority date doesn't advance a clean month with every new monthly visa... Source: about 1 year ago

• Green card holder sponsoring an H1B holder with an expiring Visa

  Visa bulletin figure out which category you fall under and then check the link. Most of the time green card holder’s priority date isn’t current. Source: about 1 year ago

• F2A family based

  Your PD should be printed on your I-130 approval notice. You can look up what's current here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html. Source: about 1 year ago

• honest appeal to all future MSCS prospects from INDIA!

  Please do not come to America and waste your energy and money. America is a very hard country to migrate to if you are an Indian. You will get a job but will never become a citizen here unless you are marrying a citizen here. The immigration rules, the H1b lottery system are just in place to abuse and use Indian workforce. Please check the Green Card waitlist for high skilled Indians(google it), please see the... Source: about 1 year ago

• [OC] Trend of wait times for permanent residency in US for immigrants from India

  Data Source : https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html. Source: about 1 year ago

• Quick question and orientation

  Ah ok, so you're the beneficiary of that I-130. You have to wait until the I-130 is approved and its priority date current according to the monthly visa bulletin. When that time comes, you'll be able to file I-485. Source: about 1 year ago

• Just filled out I-130

  It's unclear if you were born in the UK or elsewhere (living in the UK doesn't matter, and being a citizen of the UK doesn't matter). Assuming you were born in the UK, your country of chargeability is most likely the UK and you can refer to lines F1 or F3 in the tables published in the monthly visa bulletin: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html. Source: over 1 year ago

• We are 1 year past estimated processing time and haven’t received a green card yet. Is this normal?

  The current priority date in the sibling category is 2007-ish for most countries. Your I-130's priority date has to be before the priority date posted in the monthly visa bulletin before they'll start processing an immigrant visa application for you. Source: over 1 year ago

• EB1 GC application

  USCIS releases monthly bulletin. It is common that PD will retrograde and advance. This link will give what dates are current now based on the month https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html. Source: over 1 year ago

• Diversity Visa Reassignment Procedure for Afghan Nationals

  Before an interview is available, you must first (1) submit your DS-260 immigrant visa application and it must be fully processed and (2) your case number must be current according to the Visa Bulletin. Only once (1) and (2) are satisfied, your case is placed in the interview scheduling queue, and an interview is offered only once the reassigned embassy or consulate has an interview appointment available. Source: over 1 year ago

• LPR spouse

  Depends on the visa bulletin. If it says "current", then you go for it. You can either check it here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html (both Nov and Dec to be safe), in the "F2A" row. Otherwise, you can download Lawfully app and use their visa bulletin (fill in your PD, nationality, visa category). Source: over 1 year ago