EB-1 India/China Retrogression Update
2018-03-14, BY wegreened
Immigrant Visa Processing for those born in India or China - if your priority date is no longer current, your IV interview cannot be scheduled and your IV cannot be issued until after your priority date returns to current. If you have received your IV processing fee invoice, you can proceed with paying your fees and submitting your DS-260 and supporting materials so that your interview can be scheduled when your priority date is current again. If you have not received your IV processing fee invoice yet, please note that receipt may be delayed until a couple months before your EB-1 priority date returns to current.
In past years, the retrogression has ended at the beginning of the new fiscal year on October 1. However, we cannot confirm that will be the case this year until the October visa bulletin is released. We will monitor all updates regarding the retrogression, and will provide more information as soon as possible.
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