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For employment-based immigrants, the priority date is established on the earliest of: The date the petition was properly filed with USCIS; or. The date the permanent labor certification application was accepted for processing by the Department of Labor (DOL), when a labor certification is required.

In the employment-based categories, you are issued a priority date based on when your employer files a PERM application with the Department of Labor, or if no PERM application is required, by the date that an I-140 visa petition is filed on your behalf.

Your priority date is generally the date when your relative or employer properly filed the immigrant visa petition on your behalf with USCIS.

How Is the Priority Date for a Green Card Calculated, by the Place of Birth or by Citizenship? The priority date for a Green Card is the date the application was filed and is basically your place in line in terms of government processing of certain applications for US Green Cards (such as Employment-Based Green Cards).

The visa number used by USCIS and the Department of State has been steady in FY 2023. As we are coming to the end of the year in September 2023, most Employment-Based (EB) preference category limits and overall, EB visas available are projected to be reached this month.

A priority date is established when the petition is received and date-stamped in the consular section.

What are the?Dates for Filing Applications?? 'Dates for Filing Applications' represents the earliest dates when green card applicants may apply for adjustment of status via USCIS Form I-485.

The United States State Department publishes a monthly Visa Bulletin that lists applicants' priority dates for various preference categories and home countries, allowing green card applicants to check which priority dates are becoming current and their place in the line.

A: The Final Action Date on the Visa Bulletin is the date when an immigrant visa is available and a green card may finally be issued. A green card case cannot be completed (approved) unless the applicant's priority date is earlier than the Final Action Date listed on the Visa Bulletin.

Green card applicants with priority dates prior to the cut-off date can submit their green card applications. Green card applicants with priority dates after the cut-off date have to keep waiting.