Visa Bulletin February 2020 Predictions

For official January 2020 Visa Bulletin and analysis, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-january-2020.aspx

Please see February 2020 Visa Bulletin Predictions below (for both Family Based and Employment Based):

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	15SEP13	15SEP13	15SEP13	22AUG97	15MAR09
F2A	C	C	C	C	C
F2B	22OCT14	22OCT14	22OCT14	01OCT98	22MAR09
F3	22DEC07	22DEC07	22DEC07	08MAR96	22APR99
F4	01APR07	01APR07	22NOV04	01FEB98	22JUN99

"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	15MAY14	15MAY14	15MAY14	01DEC99	01NOV09
F2A	01JAN20	01JAN20	01JAN20	01JAN20	01JAN20
F2B	01MAY15	01MAY15	01MAY15	08JUN99	01DEC09
F3	01SEP08	01SEP08	01SEP08	22JUL00	08NOV99
F4	01SEP07	01SEP07	22JUL05	22JAN99	01JAN00

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	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	01NOV18	01JUN17	01FEB15	01NOV18	01NOV18
2nd	C	15JUL15	08JUN09	C	C
3rd	C	15DEC15	22JAN09	C	01APR18
Other Workers	C	TBD	22JAN09	C	01APR18
4th	C	C	C	08SEP17	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	08SEP17	C
5th Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5)	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
5th Regional Center (I5 and R5)	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

"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	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	01NOV17	15APR17	C	C
2nd	C	22AUG16	22JUL09	C	C
3rd	01FEB19	08APR17	22FEB10	01FEB19	08FEB19
Other Workers	01FEB19	TBD	22FEB10	01FEB19	08FEB19
4th	C	C	C	C	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	C	C
5th Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5)	C	01JUN15	C	C	C
5th Regional Center (I5 and R5)	C	01JUN15	C	C	C

If you have not done it, please remember to add or update your I-130/NVC/I-140/I-485 case in the free GC tracker: https://www.mygcvisa.com/tracker/

It would be very useful to understand how USCIS is currently processing these cases. It would also help in estimating date movements in future visa bulletin.

The dates above have been calculated from data provided by USCIS/DOS. It does not include future demand (which can increase or decrease anytime). Hence data will keep changing every month.We will update these tables as we get more data from USCIS or DOS.

Similar to EB3 category movement, we have previously added a blog post for EB2 category forward movement. Please click here for FB category.

Next Steps: If priority date is current and

1. If applicant is inside US, they will have to file I-485: https://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/04/how-to-file-i-485-application.html

2. If applicant is outside US, it will be sent to NVC: https://www.mygcvisa.com/nvc/overview-after-nvc-petition-approved.aspx

Recommended Reading:

• Frequently Asked Questions: USCIS Visa Bulletin
• Frequently Asked Questions: I-485 Pending Inventory

More Reading:

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