Item: Law Offices of Gary K. Walch. A Law Corporation
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Author: Jackie C.

Priority Dates and The New Announcement

What is The New Announcement in Regards to Priority Immigration Dates and I-485 Applications? USCIS to Accept Certain I-485 Applications Before Priority Dates Become Current What is a Priority Date?

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.

What is the new Format?

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

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

Why is This Important?

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.

Contact a Lawyer

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.

For more information, please see our Personal Injury & Wrongful Death home page and our many Client Testimonials.

There are many easy ways to contact our personal injury & wrongful death accident lawyers:

Call us:
- Local: 818-222-3400 (after hours, please press 1)
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Send us an email at info@WalchLaw.com

On personal injury accident cases & wrongful death accident cases there is NO charge for our initial consultation – it is absolutely FREE! And we work on a contingency fee which means we do not get paid until you win and then our fee comes out of the recovery paid by the insurance company and not out of your own pocket!

We look forward to speaking with you and helping you resolve your legal problems.

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NOTICE

Our immigration web site pages were prepared when our personal injury & wrongful death law firm also provided assistance to some of our clients with immigration matters. Our law firm does not do that any longer. Our lawyers and law offices continue to concentrate in handling serious injury and wrongful death cases in Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura and all of California resulting from car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, hit & run and uninsured motorist (UM) and underinsured motorist (UIM) accidents, dog bites & dog attacks, premises liability accidents including slip & fall, trip & fall and burn injury cases. Our lawyers have handled personal injury and wrongful death accident cases for over 40 years. We have successfully resolved thousands of injury accident claims over that time, with a success rate better than 95%. However, if you need any immigration help we are happy to refer you to an immigration lawyer. Meanwhile, we have left these pages on our web site with this notice to continue to try to provide some useful general information to the public. As always, the information in this web site is general information only that is not intended to provide nor should it be relied upon to provide specific advice for any specific legal matter as, among other reasons, all facts and circumstances should be considered. You are advised and encouraged to consult with an experienced attorney for specific advice about your particular personal injury, wrongful death, accident, immigration or any other legal claim, case or matter. If you ever need any help or legal advice, please call us now at 818-222-3400 or 1-866 INJURY 2 or simply click here to reach us 24/7. On injury accident cases our initial consultation still is absolutely FREE and we work on a contingency fee. That means we do not receive any fee until we win. And then the fee comes out of the recovery which means that the fee is actually paid by the insurance company and does not come out of your own pocket. If you have any questions, please let us know. We look forward to helping you.

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