August 2019 Visa BulletinFor July 2019 Visa Bulletin, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2019/visa-bulletin-july-2019.aspxFor analysis of August 2019 Visa Bulletin, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2019/visa-bulletin-analysis-august-2019.aspx August 2019 Visa Bulletin has been officially released (valid from August 1 to August 31 only). Please see below for more details. Family Based: Final Action Dates Dates For Filing Applications "Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date. Family-
Sponsored |
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed |
CHINA-mainland
born |
INDIA |
MEXICO |
PHILIPPINES |
F1 |
01JUL12
|
01JUL12 |
01JUL12 |
01AUG96 |
22FEB08 |
F2A |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
F2B |
01JAN14 |
01JAN14 |
01JAN14 |
01JUN98 |
01APR08 |
F3 |
22JUN07 |
22JUN07 |
22JUN07 |
01DEC95 |
01OCT97 |
F4 |
01OCT06 |
01OCT06 |
15SEP04 |
01JAN97 |
01MAY98 |
"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date. Family-
Sponsored |
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed |
CHINA-
mainland
born |
INDIA |
MEXICO |
PHILIPPINES |
F1 |
01MAR13 |
01MAR13 |
01MAR13 |
01NOV99 |
22AUG08 |
F2A |
01JUN19 |
01JUN19 |
01JUN19 |
01JUN19 |
01JUN19 |
F2B |
01SEP14 |
01SEP14 |
01SEP14 |
01FEB99 |
01NOV08 |
F3 |
22DEC07 |
22DEC07 |
22DEC07 |
15JUL00 |
01APR98 |
F4 |
15DEC06 |
15DEC06 |
15MAY05 |
15DEC98 |
01NOV98 |
Employment Based: Final Action Dates Dates For Filing Applications "Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date. Employment-
based |
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed |
CHINA-
mainland
born |
EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS |
INDIA |
MEXICO |
PHILIPPINES |
VIETNAM |
1st |
01JUL16 |
01JUL16 |
01JUL16 |
01JAN15 |
01JUL16 |
01JUL16 |
01JUL16 |
2nd |
01JAN17 |
01JAN17 |
01JAN17 |
02MAY09 |
01JAN17 |
01JAN17 |
01JAN17 |
3rd |
01JUL16 |
01JUL16 |
01JUL16 |
01JAN06 |
01JUL16 |
01JUL16 |
01JUL16 |
Other Workers |
01JUL16 |
22NOV07 |
01JUL16 |
01JAN06 |
01JUL16 |
01JUL16 |
01JUL16 |
4th |
C |
C |
01JUL16 |
C |
01JUL16 |
C |
C |
Certain Religious Workers |
C |
C |
01JUL16 |
C |
01JUL16 |
C |
C |
5th Non-Regional Center
(C5 and T5) |
C |
15OCT14 |
C |
15OCT14 |
C |
C |
15OCT14 |
5th Regional Center
(I5 and R5) |
C |
15OCT14 |
C |
15OCT14 |
C |
C |
15OCT14 |
"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date. Employment-
based |
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed |
CHINA-
mainland
born |
EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS |
INDIA |
MEXICO |
PHILIPPINES |
1st |
01SEP18 |
01OCT17 |
01SEP18 |
01OCT17 |
01SEP18 |
01SEP18 |
2nd |
C |
01FEB17 |
C |
01JUN09 |
C |
C |
3rd |
C |
01JUN16 |
C |
01APR10 |
C |
C |
Other Workers |
C |
01JUN08 |
C |
01APR10 |
C |
C |
4th |
C |
C |
01SEP16 |
C |
C |
C |
Certain Religious Workers |
C |
C |
01SEP16 |
C |
C |
C |
5th Non-Regional Center
(C5 and T5) |
C |
15NOV14 |
C |
C |
C |
C |
5th Regional Center
(I5 and R5) |
C |
15NOV14 |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Special Notice from USCIS:(Show/Hide) D. ESTABLISHMENT AND RETROGRESSION OF AUGUST EMPLOYMENT-BASED FINAL ACTION DATES
There has been a steadily increasing level of Employment applicant demand since late May for adjustment of status cases filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and there is no indication that this increase will end. Therefore, it has been necessary to establish or retrogress many of the August Final Action Dates in an effort to hold worldwide number use within the maximum allowed under the respective FY-2019 annual limits.
The implementation of the above mentioned dates is expected to be only a temporary issue. For October, the first month of fiscal year 2020, every effort will be made to return these final action dates to those which applied for July.
E. DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY 2020 (DV-2020) RESULTS
The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2020 diversity lottery. The diversity lottery was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and makes available up to 55,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Approximately 83,884 applicants have been registered and notified and may now make an application for an immigrant visa. Since it is likely that some of the persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa issuance, this larger figure should insure that all DV-2020 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2020 (October 1, 2019 until September 30, 2020).
Applicants registered for the DV-2020 program were selected at random from 14,722,798 qualified entries (23,182,554 with derivatives) received during the 34-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, until noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, November 6, 2018. The visas have been apportioned among six geographic regions with a maximum of seven percent available to persons born in any single country. During the visa interview, principal applicants must provide proof of a high school education or its equivalent, or show two years of work experience in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience within the past five years. Those selected will need to act on their immigrant visa applications quickly. Applicants should follow the instructions in their notification letter and must fully complete the information requested.
Registrants living legally in the United States who wish to apply for adjustment of their status must contact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for information on the requirements and procedures. Once the total available visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2020 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2020 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2020 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2020 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2020.
Dates for the DV-2021 program registration period will be widely publicized in the coming months. Those interested in entering the DV-2021 program should check the Department of State’s Visa web page in the coming months.
The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign state of chargeability of those registered for the DV-2020 program:
AFRICA
|
ALGERIA 2,745
|
ESWATINI 0
|
NAMIBIA 6
|
ANGOLA 150
|
ETHIOPIA 1,974
|
NIGER 31
|
BENIN 443
|
GABON 34
|
RWANDA 603
|
BOTSWANA 2
|
GAMBIA, THE 25
|
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 0
|
BURKINA FASO 84
|
GHANA 1,343
|
SENEGAL 91
|
BURUNDI 228
|
GUINEA 271
|
SEYCHELLES 1
|
CABO VERDE 10
|
GUINEA-BISSAU 2
|
SIERRA LEONE 217
|
CAMEROON 1,589
|
KENYA 1,801
|
SOMALIA 72
|
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 5
|
LESOTHO 0
|
SOUTH AFRICA 162
|
CHAD 93
|
LIBERIA 1,142
|
SOUTH SUDAN 23
|
COMOROS 1
|
LIBYA 102
|
SUDAN 3,691
|
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 4,743
|
MADAGASCAR 9
|
TANZANIA 72
|
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE 258
|
MALAWI 4
|
TOGO 600
|
COTE D’IVOIRE 364
|
MALI 30
|
TUNISIA 82
|
DJIBOUTI 59
|
MAURITANIA 25
|
UGANDA 374
|
EGYPT 5,568
|
MAURITIUS 4
|
ZAMBIA 12
|
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 5
|
MOROCCO 2,202
|
ZIMBABWE 61
|
ERITREA 140
|
MOZAMBIQUE 9
|
|
|
|
|
ASIA
|
|
|
AFGHANISTAN 981
|
JAPAN 333
|
QATAR 72
|
BAHRAIN 10
|
JORDAN 633
|
SAUDI ARABIA 699
|
BHUTAN 27
|
KOREA, NORTH 11
|
SINGAPORE 15
|
BRUNEI 1
|
KUWAIT 165
|
SRI LANKA 765
|
BURMA 444
|
LAOS 64
|
SYRIA 265
|
CAMBODIA 790
|
LEBANON 135
|
TAIWAN 476
|
HONG KONG S.A.R. 92
|
MALAYSIA 68
|
THAILAND 127
|
INDONESIA 194
|
MALDIVES 2
|
TIMOR-LESTE 0
|
IRAN 4,101
|
MONGOLIA 265
|
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 206
|
IRAQ 615
|
NEPAL 3,696
|
YEMEN 550
|
ISRAEL 128
|
OMAN 11
|
|
|
|
|
EUROPE
|
|
|
ALBANIA 3,603
|
GREECE 48
|
NORTHERN IRELAND 13
|
ANDORRA 8
|
HUNGARY 84
|
NORWAY 12
|
ARMENIA 1,422
|
ICELAND 0
|
POLAND 384
|
AUSTRIA 38
|
IRELAND 19
|
PORTUGAL 12
|
AZERBAIJAN 899
|
ITALY 220
|
Macau 5
|
BELARUS 1,512
|
KAZAKHSTAN 1,584
|
ROMANIA 311
|
BELGIUM 32
|
KOSOVO 260
|
RUSSIA 5,118
|
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 40
|
KYRGYZSTAN 1,223
|
SERBIA 210
|
BULGARIA 343
|
LATVIA 68
|
SLOVAKIA 30
|
CROATIA 40
|
LIECHTENSTEIN 0
|
SLOVENIA 4
|
CYPRUS 5
|
LITHUANIA 151
|
SPAIN 99
|
CZECH REPUBLIC 31
|
LUXEMBOURG 0
|
SWEDEN 36
|
DENMARK 17
|
MACEDONIA 249
|
SWITZERLAND 49
|
ESTONIA 30
|
MALTA 6
|
TAJIKISTAN 1,401
|
FINLAND 15
|
MOLDOOVA 1,112
|
TURKEY 2,709
|
FRANCE 212
|
MONACO 3
|
TURKMENISTAN 515
|
New Caledonia 3
|
MONTENEGRO 35
|
UKRAINE 3,313
|
GEORGIA 1,131
|
NETHERLANDS 56
|
UZBEKISTAN 1,743
|
GERMANY 328
|
Aruba 3
|
VATICAN CITY 0
|
|
|
|
NORTH AMERICA
|
|
|
BAHAMAS, THE 20
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCEANIA
|
|
|
AUSTRALIA 647
|
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED
STATES OF 0
|
SAMOA 4
|
Christmas Island 2
|
NAURU 6
|
SOLOMON ISLANDS 4
|
Cocos Keeling Islands 9
|
NEW ZEALAND 181
|
TONGA 42
|
Norfolk Island 1
|
Cook Islands 15
|
TUVALU 0
|
FIJI 435
|
Tokelau 1
|
VANUATU 7
|
KIRIBATI 12
|
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 11
|
|
MARSHALL ISLANDS 0
|
PALAU 1
|
|
|
|
|
SOUTH AMERICA
|
|
|
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1
|
DOMINICA 0
|
PARAGUAY 9
|
ARGENTINA 30
|
ECUADOR 134
|
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 0
|
BARBADOS 1
|
GRENADA 0
|
SAINT LUCIA 0
|
BELIZE 2
|
GUATEMALA 60
|
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 0
|
BOLIVIA 22
|
GUYANA 3
|
SURINAME 0
|
CHILE 21
|
HONDURAS 58
|
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 19
|
COSTA RICA 12
|
NICARAGUA 23
|
URUGUAY 15
|
CUBA 2,703
|
PANAMA 8
|
VENEZUELA 1,068
|
Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2020: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
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