Late 2018 F2A application's approved

[HopeHopeHope 3]

Hi everyone, 

 

I came across some people with PD in June/Oct 2018 getting their I-130 approved from CSC. One of the explanations given was that countries like Philippines are having a huge number of visas available compared to the number of applicants. Is this true ? Where can we find this statistics to see no of visas available/country ? 

[geowrian 22,335]

Visa Bulletin: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html

DOS statistics for visas issued: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics.html

 

F2A is current right now. It's not due to any particular country AFAIK...it's due to a lack of applicants to warrant a PD queue being needed. This can change at any month based upon how many people apply, how many actually get a visa in that category, etc. The current expectation is that it will continue to be current for at least a few more months.

See the July 2019 Visa Bulletin using the link above:

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D.  FAMILY-SPONSORED SECOND PREFERENCE VISA AVAILABILITY

F2A: This category has become "Current" for July, and is expected to remain so through September. This action has been taken in an effort to generate an increased level of demand. Despite the large amount of registered F2A demand, currently there are not enough applicants who are actively pursuing final action on their case to fully utilize all of the available numbers under the annual limit.  

Once large numbers of F2A applicants do begin to have their cases brought to final action, it will be necessary to establish a date in an effort to control number use within the annual limit.  Therefore, readers should be aware that this “Current” status will not continue indefinitely, but it is not possible to say at present how soon corrective action will be required.