USCIS has updated its directions in terms of when the new “Dates for Filing Visa Applications” chart can be used to determine when you can file your I-485, or if you need to wait for the “Final Action Date” to become current. To refresh people’s memories, the Department of State, starting with the October Visa
The January 2014 Visa Bulletin was recently released by USCIS last week. Perhaps the most notable movement was for the worldwide EB-3 and China and Mexico EB3 numbers. In all three of those cases, the priority date moved up almost 1 year to April 1, 2012. The Philippines moved forward only one month in