Size Date Bulletin For Free

For these types of green card cases, priority dates are used to determine when a foreign national is eligible to file an adjustment of status application (form I-485). Priority dates also determine the timing for obtaining an immigrant visa through consular processing (CP).

Priority Dates are cut-off numbers that determine Immigrant Visa (permanent visa, or green card) availability in the numerically limited United States Immigrant Visa (IV) categories.

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

F1 is adult unmarried children of US citizens, F2A is spouses and minor children (under 21 and unmarried) of lawful permanent residents or green card holders. F2B is adult unmarried children of permanent residents (21 and older), F3 is married children of US citizens, and F4 is siblings of US citizens.

Determine your Priority Date. This is the date that your approved Form I-130 was filed. This date appears on the Form I-797 that USCIS issued to your petitioner when the Form I-130 was approved (refer to the ?Receipt Date?).

The priority date in an employment-based petition is the date on which either the Labor Certification has been received by the Department of Labor (for petitions where a Labor Certification is required) OR on the date that USCIS receives the petition (Form I-140), for petitions where no Labor Certification is required.

As mentioned above, your priority date is the date your immigrant petition?such as Form I-140?was received by USCIS. If you want to file I-140 and I-485 at the same time (concurrently), your priority date will be the date you intend to file.