Pursuant to the continuing resolution, the non-minister special immigrant program expires on February 18, No SR visas may be issued overseas, or final action taken on adjustment of status cases, after midnight February 17, Visas issued prior to this date will only be issued with a validity date of February 17, , and all individuals seeking admission as a non-minister special immigrant must be admitted repeat, admitted into the U.
The SR category is listed as current for all countries for January except El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, which are subject to a March 15, final action date, and Mexico, which is subject to an April 1, final action date. You are about to leave travel. Department of State. Links to external websites are provided as a convenience and should not be construed as an endorsement by the U. Department of State of the views or products contained therein. If you wish to remain on travel.
Cancel GO. Skip to main content. Gov Travel. Passports International Travel U. Stay Connected. Law Enforcement. Legal Resources U. Y Z All. Numbers could be exhausted prior to September The above final action date projections for the Family and Employment categories indicate what is likely to happen on a monthly basis through May. The determination of the actual monthly final action dates is subject to fluctuations in applicant demand and a number of other variables impacting processing.
The National Visa Center has provided the totals of applicants who are registered in the various numerically-limited immigrant categories for processing at overseas posts.
This information is available on the Consular Affairs www. The direct link to the item is:. The Department of State also has available a recorded message with visa final action dates which can be heard at: Readers may submit questions regarding Visa Bulletin related items by E-mail at the following address:. You are about to leave travel. Department of State. Links to external websites are provided as a convenience and should not be construed as an endorsement by the U. Department of State of the views or products contained therein.
If you wish to remain on travel. Cancel GO. Skip to main content. Gov Travel. Passports International Travel U. Stay Connected. During recent months the cut-off dates in several of the Worldwide Family preference categories have moved very quickly. It is expected that such cut-off date movement will continue during the first quarter of fiscal year Should the level of demand begin to increase at a significant rate, it may be necessary to slow or stop such movements at some point later in fiscal year.
The Department of State also has available a recorded message with visa cut-off dates which can be heard at: area code The recording is normally updated by the middle of each month with information on cut-off dates for the following month.
Readers may submit questions regarding Visa Bulletin related items by e-mail at the following address:. You are about to leave travel. Department of State. Links to external websites are provided as a convenience and should not be construed as an endorsement by the U.
Department of State of the views or products contained therein. If you wish to remain on travel. Cancel GO. Skip to main content. Gov Travel. Passports International Travel U. The Department of State has available a recorded message with visa availability information which can be heard at: area code This recording will be updated in the middle of each month with information on cut-off dates for the following month.
Section c of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides a maximum of up to 55, immigrant visas each fiscal year to permit immigration opportunities for persons from countries other than the principal sources of current immigration to the United States. This reduction has resulted in the DV annual limit being reduced to 50, DV visas are divided among six geographic regions. No one country can receive more than seven percent of the available diversity visas in any one year.
When an allocation cut-off number is shown, visas are available only for applicants with DV regional lottery rank numbers BELOW the specified allocation cut-off number:.
Entitlement to immigrant status in the DV category lasts only through the end of the fiscal visa year for which the applicant is selected in the lottery. The year of entitlement for all applicants registered for the DV program ends as of September 30, DV visas may not be issued to DV applicants after that date.
Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV principals are only entitled to derivative DV status until September 30, DV visa availability through the very end of FY cannot be taken for granted. Numbers could be exhausted prior to September This has been done in an effort to generate increased demand by Citizenship and Immigration Services CIS for adjustment of status cases, and to maximize number use under the annual numerical limit. However, all readers should be alert to the possibility that not all Employment preferences will remain Current for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Should the rate of demand for numbers be very heavy in the coming months, it could become necessary to retrogress some cut-off dates for September, most likely for China-mainland born and India, but also possibly for Mexico and Philippines.
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