In this video, we'll talk about the June 2020 visa bulletin. You've been sending me questions,
posting in the comments, wanting to know how this visa bulletin is going to impact your
case, and specifically, your visa wait time. So, let's talk about it in this video, and
I'll see you on the other side. Hello, everybody. In this video, we'll talk about the June 2020
visa bulletin. This is a very important visa bulletin because it had quite a few changes
in there, specifically for the F2A category, which impacts spouses of green card holders,
as well as children under the age of 21. Before that, if you’re here for the first time,
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So, let's talk about the June 2020 visa bulletin. And by the way, for those of you who don't
know who I am, my name is Jacob Sapochnick, and I am an immigration attorney located in
San Diego, California. And I'm doing these videos every single week for your information,
mostly. What is interesting about this bulletin is that it had a cutoff date for the F2A category,
which is the category that impacts spouses of green card holders. So, in the date for
filing chart, as you can see, F2A has a cutoff date of May 1, 2020. So, what does it mean?
The visa bulletin is the main source that tells us every month how long we have to wait
for a particular visa category depending on which category we are at, and it has a date
of filing section and final action section. And based on those, they'll tell us which
visas can be filed or which visas can be processed at that particular moment in time. So, if
we look at this particular visa bulletin for June 2020, there is a cut off date. And if
we're looking at people that are currently in the United States, we have a certain requirement
by USCIS. They're also looking at the visa bulletin. And for June 2020, they are looking
at final action dates for F2A, which basically means that it's current. So, the final action
date for F2A is current for June 2020, which means that people that are currently inside
the United States are able to use that final action date to file their cases for all other
categories. So, if you look at F2B, F3, F4, brothers and sisters, those in June 2020,
they have to use the date for filing chart. And when we get to the employment-based sections
in this video, for all employment-based preference, we must use the final action dates as well.
Right? So, the main difference in the June 2020 visa bulletin. So, for F2A category,
those people that are currently in the United States looking to file for Adjustment of Status,
the chart that you have to look for is the final action dates. All other family preference
categories in the June 2020 bulletin must follow the dates for filing. And as, right
now, on the screen, you can see F2B is December, F3 is March, O9, F4, depending on which country
you're from, you have to look at that accordingly. Okay? So, this is actually the main, most
important change in the family division because people are worried about the F2A category,
whether they're going to be able to proceed for filing for their spouses. And so specifically
for this category, you have to follow the final action dates, which in final action
date category charts, F2A is current so you're still able to file for your spouse if you're
a green card holder. Let’s look at the employment-based. So, in the employment-based, we have to look
at the final action dates chart. We have quite a few changes there and I have them listed
here. So, let's talk about EB1. EB1, all countries are current during the month of June except
for China and India. If you look at EB1 China, we're looking at August 15, 2017. EB1 India,
moved forward 10 months to June 8, 2016. I'm looking right now at the employment-based
chart. And for the employment-based chart for June 2020, we have to follow the final
action date charts for visas to be current. EB2 categories, all countries remain current
except for China and India, once again. If you look at EB2, China moves forward by one
month to November 1, 2015, and India moves forwards 10 days to June 12, 2009. So, there's
been a slight movement but it's not as much as we expected for this to happen. EB5, most
countries were current. EB5 China moved two weeks to July 15, 2015, and EB5 India moves
forward three months to January 1, 2020. See, compared to the previous month, if you compare
it to May 2020, the movement hasn't been too much of a movement. What hasn't changed is
they kept the final action dates for adjustment for F2A, as well as for the most employment-based
categories. If you look at EB4, El Salvador Honduras, and Guatemala, they moved forward
and a half month to February 1, 2017. So, we've seen slight movements and I think we
will see a similar type of actions in the July visa bulletin. But again, it remains
to be seen if you're going to see even more movement with respect to F2A. And it's still
unclear whether F2A will remain current in July in the sense that they'll follow the
final action dates to allow people to continue to adjust their status. So, once again, it's
important to remember that USCIS, if you're inside the US, if you are looking at this
video and you're inside us, USCIS will continue to accept Adjustment of Status applications
based on final action dates for June 2020. And I think that this is going to still continue
in July, right? Because this chart remains to be current with respect to what happens
with the proclamation. Again, we still have people that are banned from coming to the
United States, specifically, spouses of green card holders, and people that are waiting
for their interviews based on those categories, EB2s, employment-based applications that are
waiting for the interviews, that still remains. In fact, we'll see if that's going to be extended.
But with respect to the visa bulletin, these are the main changes as you can see here in
this chart, the final action dates for employment-based and the final action date for F2A as long
as they're filing for their applications, all other family categories are using the
date for filing. So, hopefully, this information was helpful. Like I said, there's some slight
movements and I think there is going to be a little bit of more moments in the July visa
bulletin. And as we come close to October, we may see some big surprises coming out from
the State Department, remains to be seen. I will keep you posted. So, hopefully, you
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