Hey guys, in this video we're gonna talk about some breaking news that came out today with
the visa bulletin. For those of you who are overseas and you're waiting for your interview
date, um, or you're waiting for the visa to be issued to you, you're gonna wanna watch
this one all the way until the end, because this really impacts those of you who are in
category F two A. That's the F two A preference category, which is the preference category for
spouse and children of green card holders. We're also gonna talk a little bit about some major
changes on the, uh, employment side of things with respect to the visa bulletin. So watch this
as well if you're, um, if you are currently going through an employment based process,
particularly those of you who are in the f um, the e B four category, okay,
the fourth preference category, E B four. So now let's jump into what's happened here.
Actually, before I pull up my notes, I'm gonna share with you,
um, this, uh, the visa bulletin. Okay? So, uh, here, it's, so this is the April Visa bulletin
that we're talking about here, the April, 2023 visa bulletin. And, um, as you can see,
and I'm going to zoom in just a little bit here. As you can see, the major, major change, or what
we call retro aggression, uh, happened in the F two A category, that second preference category
for spouse and children of green card holders. This F two a category under the final action,
um, chart, table A I should say that, um, there's retro aggression within that category. Uh,
previously it was three year, it, it was current, I should say it was the category was current,
F two A was current under this chart. And now, um, there is a September, 2020 priority date
that, uh, the government has inserted here for all countries except for, uh, Mexico.
I'm gonna talk about why this is so important for those of you who are overseas,
I'm gonna touch on that momentarily. Uh, but if you jump down to table B dates for filing family
sponsored visa applications, you will see that F two A is still current. Okay? F two A is still
current in this, um, on this table, and this is incredibly important for those of you who will
be filing adjustment of status applications here in the United States. Now, let's just,
um, jump over to my presentation here and talk about some, um, uh, what this actually
means. Okay? So let me just zoom out a little bit. Okay, so firstly, adjustment of status cases. Uh,
when can you file for adjustment of status if you're in that F two A category? I want you guys
to follow U S C I S'S instructions very, very carefully about which chart you should use.
Should you use chart A or chart B. Currently, U S C I S is pointing folks to chart B and chart B is
current, which is great news. So if a person is, uh, a spouse or a child of a green card holder has
lawful status and they're inside the United States and they fall into this f to a category, they can
apply for adjustment of status. But you've gotta check U S C I S'S website, friends check U S C
I S'S website. Um, and here it is right here. This is the website that you'll need to check
to ensure that you're using the right chart. And according to the site, it says, um, for April,
let's talk about, uh, where, where is April? It says here, um, for all family sponsored
preference categories, you must use the dates for file and chart visa bulletin for April, 2023.
And that is the chart friends whereby the, um, it's current in that particular F two A category.
So you can apply for adjustment of status if you meet those requirements. So you're good.
Those of you on the adjustment of status side of things, you're good. This doesn't hurt you. Now
let's talk about, let's jump back over to my notes and talk about, uh, those of you who are waiting,
um, overseas for, uh, an interview date or a, uh, visa, the immigrant visa. The question is,
when will you be scheduled for an interview or your visa will be issued to you, the immigrant
visa? And unfortunately guys, you will not get an interview date and the visa will not
be issued to you until your priority date becomes current. That is when the visa becomes available.
They have retrogressed and, um, and the, and the chart that determines the chart, guys,
that determines when you will be scheduled for your interview or, uh, get your visa.
It's based on chart A and chart A is back into 2020 dates, which is really devastating. Now,
um, the second part of this that I want you to be aware of is if you are document qualified
you and you've just been weighed in for, um, an interview date, you're unfortunately gonna
face further delays. And then lastly, if you're in administrative process, and if you've already met
with the, uh, you've already been interviewed by a US embassy and they told you to come back with
further documents and such so that they could continue processing your case, you will have to
wait until your visa becomes available before they could issue that visa to you. Now, let's talk a
little bit about on the employment side, the two, uh, two, two major changes on the employment side.
The first is that, and this is good news, EEB two jumped ahead to July, 2022 from November,
2022, except for China and India, but Eeb two has jumped ahead. And then unfortunately, e B four for
the special immigrants and religious workers, it has retro regress skies 3.5 years from February,
2022 to September, 2018. So now you must wait longer before applying for adjustment of status
if you're in the E four category. Guys, we're gonna talk a little bit more about this, uh, visa
bulletin update in Friday's, um, weekly news summary. So subscribe to McBean law.com/subscribe
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reach out to us@mcbeanlaw.com, um, McBean law.com or call the office, I should say
at 5 6 8 6 6 3900. Read our success stories on our website, um, to see how we've helped other
people. Now guys, this is not great news. This is gonna cause a significant, um, burden on families,
on people who have been weighed in. They've done everything right. Uh, they've been weighing
in line for their visa to become available and they've been watching the visa bulletin
each month to see what's gonna happen. And now unfortunately, it has, uh, retro regress with,
in, in the F two A category which will impact most mainly those of you who are outside of the United
States currently going through the process. Um, and then e B four guys, again, E four has
retrogressed 3.5 years, and so that's a, a huge issue as well. So, um, I'm sorry to be the
one to, to share this news with you, but I, but I want you to be aware of what's going on. Thanks
so much for watching. Subscribe to my channel and I will see you in the next one. Bye-bye.