All Employment Based Priority Dates Current!

Be advised that all priority dates are current for employment based applications.

This means that if you have an approved Petition for Alien Worker (I-140) or an approved Labor Certification (ETA 750), you can now file your adjustment of status application. USCIS should then be able to approve your work authorization document (EAD) or work permit in 90 days.

If you are not in the United States and have an approved Petition for Alien Worker (I-140), you will be able begin consular processing. If you are in the latter category, there may be the need to file additional paperwork for the embassy or consular office to begin the processing.

Furthermore, if you are 245i eligible, which means you began immigrant processing before April 30, 2001, you could possibly file to get your resident alien card so long as your labor certification has been approved or you have an approved petition for alien worker. It is important to know, that you could transfer eligibility of the 245i based application from one petitioner to another so long as the 245i application was "approvable at the time filed."

Lastly, all the priority dates being current means that if you were to begin, or restart, the process of getting an employment based application today, you would be able to get through the process of getting an employment based immigrant visa and adjusting your status much faster than in previous years.

Priority date notifications change month to month so it is important to act quickly. Our firm will begin accepting consultations for this process now.