In this video, we’ll provide an update about the September 2020 visa bulletin,
some interesting developments that you don't want to miss. So, I'll see you on the other side.
Hello, everybody. In this video, we'll provide our monthly update about the visa bulletin. This time,
we’ll talk about September. There hasn't been so much movement but I still wanted to,
in this video, kind of go over the different categories. We're going to break it down, a few
of the family categories, and then we're going to move to the employment categories. And I'll
provide some predictions for October as well. But before that, if you’re here for the first time,
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more viewers just like you. I am Jacob Sapochnick. I am an immigration attorney located in San Diego,
California. And I help clients in all 50 states. And I'm happy to provide this information to you
today. Let's talk about the visa bulletin. I've been waiting for it. And it came just like last
month, quite late in the month. So, let's break it down. For purposes of this video,
we're going to be talking about the chart, the final action date chart, which is more relevant
this month. And the same final action date charts for family, as well as final action dates
for employment. So, let's dive right in. And once again, as I mentioned before,
there hasn't been so much movement from August. Again, it could be an indication.
For October, we're expecting some big movements. We're expecting for more categories to become
current. And we're getting a lot of updates from Charlie Oppenheimer from the State
Department as he provides to our association of attorneys. So, I'll make sure that once
we get information for October, we'll be able to update you as well. So, let's go over the chart,
and let's focus on the categories one by one. Let's talk about the F1 first preference category,
which is, children over 21 of US citizens. So, the dates for the rest of the world, China, India,
moved literally 30 days from September 15, 2014, to September 15, 2014. The general dates
category, China and India, progressed for one month. The date for Mexico, the category F1
moved literally two weeks from December 22, ‘98 to January 8, ‘98. And the dates for the Philippines
moved three months in two weeks from September 1, 2011, to December 15, 2011, which is a pretty
good movement for the Philippines. But as you can see, the rest of the world, very,
very slight movement in the F1 category. Let's go to the second preference category. The F2A
is for unmarried children who are under the age of 21 and spouses of lawful permanent residents.
So once again, dates for the rest of the world remain current, have been crying for the past
several months. So remember, if you're inside the United States, you can adjust your status.
F2B, children who are 21 and older of green card holders. General categories,
the rest of the world, China, India, moved about two weeks. Mexico moved for about two weeks,
and the Philippines moved about four months from April 1, 2011, to September 1, 2011. As you can
see, the Philippines has been the big winner in this visa bulletin. Most of the rest of the world
we have a movement of a couple of weeks only. Let's move real quick to the third preference.
The third preference, for married children of US citizens. The rest of the world, in India and
China, just moved for two weeks, Mexico moved two weeks, and the Philippines moved for three months.
Very good news for the Philippines. The fourth preference… once again, quite a few are concerned
about siblings. Let's look at what's happening for the fourth preference. The rest of the world,
China, moved two weeks. India moved for two weeks. Mexico moved one week. Only in the Philippines
moved four months from September 1, 2001, to January 1, 2002. Once again, the Philippines has
a lot of movement in all categories. Let's jump into the employment-based and do a quick scan
of the final action date rule on and the chart as well. First preference, aliens of exceptional
ability. Those that are filing without labor certifications, the dates of the general world,
Mexico, the Philippines, and Vietnam are all current. The dates for China and India,
they moved by three weeks only. Let's look at the second preference that covers EB2 cases, national
interest waiver cases, and employment-based green cards. The rest of the world,
Mexico, the Philippines, Vietnam are all current. China has not seen any movement at all, and India
has not seen any movement at all. Let's look at the third preference EB3. Those of you that are
applying, nurses, as well as employment-based PERM cases EB3, the rest of the world,
Mexico, the Philippines, haven't seen any movement. They remain on April 1,
2019. China hasn't seen any movement. India hasn't seen any movement. And yeah, so pretty much we
don't see any movements. They’re pretty slow, pretty slow in this category. Let's talk about
the EB5, fifth preference. For the general world, Mexico, India, and the Philippines remain current,
really good. It's [inaudible] the third month. China's moved forward one week to September 5,
2015, and Vietnam has moved forward one week to July 22, 2017. So as you can see,
there hasn't been too much movement in this visa bulletin. And people always ask if you can speed
up the processing of the wait times on the visa bulletin. Unfortunately, you can’t really do so.
These numbers are issued to us by the State Department. It depends on visa availabilities. So,
the best thing you can do is follow the visa bulletin and you can really plan ahead. But
we're using predictions to be able to inform you as to what we think is going to happen.
So, we are hoping that there's going to be a much more faster movement in October
as they come to the end of the year. And again, remember that right now, there are not too many
visa stamping happening overseas because of the Proclamation. So, we're hoping there's going to be
quite a few visas available to end the year. So, we’re hoping we’re going to see that movement
in the October visa bulletin. But as of now, this is our summary. If you have any questions,
make sure you post them in the comments below. Let me know what your concerns are or any other things
that you want us to make videos about as it relates to this particular topic as well.
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