Priority Dates and The New Announcement

A “Priority Date” is an individuals place in the Visa/Green Card line. Every month, like clockwork, the State Department publishes in a visa bulletin the priority immigration dates for the month. These priority immigration dates effect the employment and family based categories. This would mean that the individual’s visa or greencard would be available when their priority dates come up.

Now with this recent announcement, starting in October there will be a new format for immigration priority dates. This format will encompass two (2) separate charts (dates) for individuals to monitor their priority date

1. The first chart: dates for filing applications(earliest date when a person may file for/adjustment of status for an immigrant visa).
2. Application final action dates (dates when visa may be finally issued).

This is important because there has been a priority date backlog to submit applications for green cards and visas. Due to this new format there will be dates for earlier filing options. This will permit applicants to obtain in term benefits

• Example: Employment based benefits would include-work authorizations, travel docs and would allow individuals a chance to accept position in new employment at an earlier stage. Contact an immigration attorney now for clarification and specific advice about your own immigration facts and/or case.

While we previously handled immigration cases, we still provide some general immigration information on our web site for assistance to the general public. This is no substitute for consulting with an immigration attorney about your specific facts and/or case which we highly recommend, especially since some laws, rules and procedures may change at any time and web site pages are not intended to provide legal advice and are not always updated. Thus, we urge you to consult with an immigration attorney now and if you need any assistance in finding one please contact our law offices now for help.

Meanwhile, we continue to offer an absolutely FREE consultation and case evaluation for anyone injured in a car, truck, motorcycle or any other accident or to any family who suffered the death of a family member with a wrongful death accident claim in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Fernando Valley, Ventura and all of California.

We have over 40 years experience handling personal injury & wrongful death accident cases and during that time our injury accident lawyers have successfully resolved thousands and thousands of injury accident cases for many millions of dollars.

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