April Visa Bulletin Update: USCIS to Honor Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Categories Next Month

Employment-Based Priority Date Cut-offs for April 2020

To be eligible to file an employment-based adjustment application in April, employer-sponsored foreign nationals must have a priority date that is earlier than the date listed below for their preference category and country. 

After several months of permitting applicants to file an adjustment of status applications under the more favorable Dates for Filing chart, USCIS has returned to the Final Action Dates chart for employment-based applications in April. 

The Final Action Dates chart imposes cut-off dates for EB-1 countries worldwide.

Adjustment of Status Filings through the end of March 2020

USCIS will continue to accept adjustment applications based on the March Dates for Filing chart through the end of this month.

USCIS Cutoff Dates for April 2020

• EB-1
  • China: June 8, 2017
  • India: May 1, 2015
  • All other countries: June 1, 2019
• EB-2  
  • China: September 1, 2015
  • India: May 25, 2009
  • All other countries: Current
• EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers  
  • China: April 15, 2016
  • India: January 22, 2009
  • All other countries: January 1, 2017
• EB-3 Other Workers  
  • China: July 1, 2008
  • India: January 22, 2009
  • All other countries: January 1, 2017
• EB-4 
  • El Salvador, Guatemala Honduras: July 15, 2016
  • Mexico: January 22, 2018
  • All other countries: Current
• EB-5
  • China: May 15, 2015
  • India: January 1, 2019
  • Vietnam: February 8, 2017
  • All other countries: Current