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These are the steps to determine whether the priority date of your immigrant visa is ?current?, meaning whether your immigrant visa is available. It is your responsibility to track when your immigrant visa becomes available.

Where do I find my Priority Date? If you are a prospective immigrant, you can find your priority date on Form I-797, "Notice of Action", for the petition filed on your behalf. The waiting time before receiving an immigrant visa or adjusting status depends on the: Demand for and supply of immigrant visas.

On Friday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that it was extending the maximum validity period of Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) to 5 years for initial and renewal EADs for certain non-citizens who need to apply for employment authorization.

When will the Final Action Date for India EB-3 advance, or return to where it was in June? The annual limits will reset with the start of the new fiscal year (FY2024), on October 1, 2023.

The US Department of State has released its October 2023 Visa Bulletin outlining per-country priority date cutoffs that regulate immigrant visa availability and the flow of adjustment of status application and consular immigrant visa application filings and approvals.

A. DOS currently estimates that the FY 2023 employment-based annual limit will be approximately 197,000, due to approximately 57,000 unused family-sponsored visa numbers from FY 2022 being added to the employment-based limit for FY 2023.

Important Terms in the Visa Bulletin. Priority date: This is the date that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received your I-130 petition. Think of this date as your place in the green card line. You can find your priority date on the I-797 form mailed by USCIS approving your I-130 petition.