{"id":75,"date":"2015-09-23T12:03:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T16:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/?p=75"},"modified":"2015-09-20T13:29:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T17:29:49","slug":"new-cut-off-date-on-visa-bulletin-brings-welcome-relief-for-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/2015\/09\/23\/new-cut-off-date-on-visa-bulletin-brings-welcome-relief-for-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cut Off Date on Visa Bulletin Brings Welcome Relief for Immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00a0recent changes, to \u00a0the State Department&#8217;s Cut Off Date system for determining who can file their adjustment of status applications and when they can be filed, announced in the <a href=\"http:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/visas\/english\/law-and-policy\/bulletin\/2016\/visa-bulletin-for-october-2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">October 2015 Visa Bulletin\u00a0<\/a>brings welcome relief to many categories of immigrants who often wait in long queues before they are able to submit their adjustment of status applications.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Going forward, the Visa Bulletin will now include a two-tier system that sets cut-off dates for both family-based\u00a0and employment-based preference categories. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/visabulletininfo#New Visa\">USCIS has also provided extensive information on the new system.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tier 1 &#8211; Application Final Action Dates: These are the latest priority dates being adjudicated for immigrant visa or adjustment of status (AOS) application approvals; and<\/p>\n<p>Tier 2 &#8211; Dates for Filing Visa Applications: These are the earliest priority dates indicating when applicants may file their I-485 AOS applications.<\/p>\n<p>These changes mean that many more immigrants will be able to file <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-485\">I-485 applications<\/a> prior to when their priority date is actually available. This is a huge benefit to these applicants, as they are able to obtain work authorization for dependent spouses and children, as well as travel documents that are less restrictive that the cumbersome non-immigrant visa process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/practices\/immigrationlaw.html\">Duane Morris Immigration attorneys<\/a> are busily preparing I-485 applications for all eligible clients so that they can be submitted on October 1, 2015. \u00a0Note that this is only the first day to apply, not the last. It is likely that this new group of eligible applicants will not face retrogression of their eligibility as in the prior priority date system. \u00a0For more information on this welcome change, contact your Duane Morris Immigration attorney or give us a call at 215 979-1000.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00a0recent changes, to \u00a0the State Department&#8217;s Cut Off Date system for determining who can file their adjustment of status applications and when they can be filed, announced in the October 2015 Visa Bulletin\u00a0brings welcome relief to many categories of immigrants who often wait in long queues before they are able to submit their adjustment &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/2015\/09\/23\/new-cut-off-date-on-visa-bulletin-brings-welcome-relief-for-immigrants\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Cut Off Date on Visa Bulletin Brings Welcome Relief for Immigrants&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[67,91,90,92,79,84,89,59,10,88],"ppma_author":[234],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-china","tag-denyse-sabagh","tag-i-485","tag-immigrant","tag-india","tag-michelle-park","tag-retrogression","tag-state-department","tag-uscis","tag-visa-bulletin"],"authors":[{"term_id":234,"user_id":218,"is_guest":0,"slug":"vbrown","display_name":"Valentine A. 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