April 2015 Visa Bulletin – EB2 China moves forward about 7 months, EB3 China moves backward about 10 months

Department of State has released the April 2015 Visa Bulletin.

Accordingly, the following highlights summarize the relevant changes for our clients.

• For EB1, all cut-off dates remain current.
• For EB2 (including National Interest Waiver), all cut-off dates except China-mainland born and India remain current. The cut-off date for China-mainland born moved forward about 7 months to 04/01/2011. The cut-off date for India moved forward about 8 months to 09/01/2007.
• EB3 China moved backward for about 10 months to 01/01/2011. EB3 India moved forward 7 days to 01/01/04. All other EB3 cut-off dates moved forward 4 months to 10/01/2014.
• For EB5, the cut-off dates remain current.
• In the family sponsored F2A category, the cut-off date for China-mainland born and most other countries except Mexico moved forward more than one month to 08/13/2013.

If your priority date will be current next month and have previously filed an I-485, then please contact the USCIS. If you have not filed I-485 yet and your priority date will be current next month, you will be eligible to file I-485 next month.

For more detail, please visit the Department of State Visa Bulletin website.

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