February Visa Bulletin Update: USCIS to Honor Dates for Filing for Most Categories Next Month

Employment-Based Priority Date Cut-offs for February 2020 

To be eligible to file an employment-based adjustment application in February, employer-sponsored foreign nationals must have a priority date that is earlier than the date listed below for their preference category and country. Where the dates in the Dates for Filing chart are less favorable than the Final Action Date chart, as is the case next month for most EB-3 countries, USCIS will accept adjustment applications from foreign nationals according to the Final Action Dates chart for those countries.

USCIS Cutoff Dates for February 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
The Philippines: January 1, 2019
All other countries: Current*
* Though the State Department has imposed a January 1, 2019 Dates for Filing cutoff date, USCIS will accept adjustment applications from foreign nationals in this category according to the Final Action Dates Chart, which lists all other countries as “Current.”

EB-3 Other Workers  
China: August 1, 2008
India: February 1, 2010
The Philippines: January 1, 2019
All other countries: Current*
* Though the State Department has imposed a January 1, 2019 Dates for Filing cutoff date, USCIS will accept adjustment applications from foreign nationals in this category according to the Final Action Dates Chart, which lists all other countries as “Current.”

EB-4 
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras: August 15, 2016
All other countries: Current 

EB-5  
China: May 15, 2015
All other countries: Current  

This alert is for informational purposes only. If you have any questions, please contact the immigration professional with whom you work at Fragomen.