In this video, we're going to announce the exciting news that as of July 1st, 2019, F2A
categories, green card holders, can now file for adjustment of status for their spouses
while in the United States.
Stay tuned and learn more about this new development.
In this video, we're going to talk about the new developments that are happening currently
in the visa bulletin that will allow certain green card holders and minor children under
21 to file for adjustment of status in the United States or get their green cards at
the US embassies abroad, if they're abroad.
This is a development that is currently effective July 1st, 2019, and will last for a couple
of months or less.
We have no idea for how long this opportunity will last, but as of now, it's available.
So, we wanted to announce it and explain more.
So first of all, what is F2A category?
Most of you that are following our videos and are interested in immigrating to the United
States know that unless you are United States citizens, where you can file a petition for
your spouse or child, and immigrate them immediately, everybody else have to wait in line for their
priority date to become current.
The way we track that is by looking at the visa bulletin that is a publication of the
State Department and then they release and tell us every month which categories of immigrants
can now be eligible for visas.
Well, typically F2A, which represents a green card holder that is currently married to a
foreign national or minor children under 21, those people typically will have to wait several
years, a couple of years before their priorities became current, before they could adjust their
status in the United States.
If they were in the United States, they had to be here in a different status, like a student,
or a work visa, or something like that just to keep them current while their priority
date are being processed.
But now, because of the amazing advances in the visa bulletin, this category, as of July
1st, which is today when we released this video, are now current.
That means that if you're here in United States, and you're a green card holder, and you are
married to a foreign national, you can file an adjustment of status this month.
As this is also applicable for minor children under the age of 21 that have parents that
are green card holders that are filing for them.
The reason it's a such an important development because this is something that people are
waiting for years to be able to do and now it's available.
We don't know how long this window of opportunity will last.
It could be a month, or could be two, but what we do know is typically in October, the
numbers are being recalculated again under the priority dates, so everything may be going
back to what it used to be, for wait to the a year or two after October, or even before.
What we can say is that right now is the time do it.
So, if you are a green card holder and you're married to a foreign national and you're currently
in the United States, you have to immediately gather your paperwork and file for adjustment
of status.
If you are currently overseas, you can do the same thing.
File the petition for your foreign national and then when the interview date will become
current they'll be able to apply for their visas at the US embassy.
But this is really crucial for people that are currently now in the United States because
once you filed for an adjustment of status you're also going to be eligible for benefits,
like a work permit and a travel permit, and those things are not eligible or not available
for people that are overseas.
If you're here in the United States right now, it's a great opportunity to adjust your
status, if you're married to a green card holder and your priority date is now current.
So, exciting news.
Again, this is to recap, priority date for F2A, which is the second preference category
for green card holders that are now married to a foreign national, they can file for adjustment
of status as of now.
And again, if you have questions, post them in the comment below or you can email me.
We are getting a lot of inquiries right now for people that have heard the news and want
to do it.
And we are ready and able to help anybody who is interested in doing so.
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So, thanks for watching and we'll see you at our next video.