mineta

Hi Mineta,

Please check the second paragraph of the Visa Bulletin. It clearly states that you need to check the USCIS website www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo to see whether the USCIS is accepting the "Date of filing" or "Final Action dates". For Family based categories, USCIS was accepting Dates of Filing until April 2016. Thereafter USCIS stopped accepting Dates of filing and advised to go with the Final Accepting dates. I personally got burned by the Lawyers that know nothing and giving wrong information. Hopefully USCIS will start accepting Dates of filing during FY2017 which starts in October 2016. Check the USCIS website about 10 days after Visa bulletin gets published.

Dear Shone,

Do you know when they start using "Dates of Filing" chart, will they most likely be using the same date where they left off which is 22NOV15 for August or they will start a new charts with new dates for "Dates of Filing"...

Thank you very much everyone!!! Now everything is much more clear. I will keep checking and posting. Thanks for the information...

Hello everyone. I am really desperate and confused about my situation, I hope someone can help me and advise for my situation.

My husband is Green Card holder and I work in USA with H1B visa. Our I-130 has approved and my PD is 10-05-2015. My attorney advised me to check Visa Bulletin B. DATES FOR FILING FAMILY-SPONSORED and when my priority date is apperead we would be able to apply for Adjustment of the Status. My priority date became available on June,2016 and we sent our forms but it was rejected due to "your priority date does not appear current". but Visa bulletin shows 10-15-2016 for June. My attorney says Immigration office and State department is not working in in sync even though Visa Bulletin shows my priority date is current immigration office cannot handle that much applications and do not accept any more applicants and we have to wait until Fiscal year which is October to get any update... I checked with another lawyer and he says My current attorney looking at the wrong visa bulletin, we spouse to look at A. APPLICATION FINAL ACTION DATES FOR FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCE CASES as I am currently in USA which is 15NOV14... I cant really afford to wait 1 more year as my H1B is expiring on March 2017... Can someone please help what is going on and is there any action I take from this point except waiting for a year...

Hi James,

I am confused too. My husband is greencard holder and I am in US with H1B visa, my priority date is 10-05-2015, I tried to send I-485 form but it was rejected twice due to my priority date is not current... How come you can receive welcome letter? did you already apply for 485 adjustment of status and which address did they send you the letter in US or China?