April 2020 Visa Bulletin: Modest Employment-Based Cut-Off Date Advancement in Most Categories

According to the State Department’s April Visa Bulletin, cutoff dates for the issuance of an immigrant visa will be as follows:

• EB-1: All countries except for China and India will advance by three months to June 1, 2019. China will advance by one week to June 8, 2017, while India will advance by two months, to May 1, 2015. 
• EB-2: China will advance by two weeks to September 1, 2015, and India will advance by three days to May 25, 2009.  All other countries will remain current. 
• EB-3 Professional and Skilled Workers: All countries except India and China will remain at January 1, 2017. Cutoff dates for China and India will advance, with China moving ahead by three weeks to April 15, 2016, and India moving ahead by one week to January 22, 2009.
• EB-5: Most countries will remain current. China will remain at May 15, 2015; India will advance by ten weeks to January 1, 2019; and Vietnam will advance by just over three weeks to February 8, 2017. 

Cutoff dates in the Dates for Filing chart for April will remain unchanged from March 2020.

In the coming days, USCIS is expected to announce on its own Visa Bulletin web page the cutoff dates for acceptance of adjustment of status applications next month. That announcement will clarify whether USCIS will accept adjustment applications based on the Dates for Filing chart or the Final Action chart.

Final Action Cut-off 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 

Dates for Filing Cut-off Dates for April 2020

• EB-1  
  • China: October 1, 2017 
  • India: March 15, 2017
  • All other countries: Current
• EB-2  
  • China: August 1, 2016
  • India: July 1, 2009 
  • All other countries: Current  
• EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers  
  • China: March 1, 2017
  • India: February 1, 2010
  • All other countries: January 1, 2019 
• EB-3 Other Workers  
  • China: August 1, 2008
  • India: February 1, 2010
  • All other countries: January 1, 2019 
• EB-4 
  • El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras: August 15, 2016
  • All other countries: Current 
• EB-5  
  • China: December 15, 2015
  • All other countries: Current