The Department of State released the December 2015 Visa Bulletin today. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the family and employment based priority dates. This month, the Final Action date for EB-2 India advanced by ten (10) months to June, 1, 2007. The Final Action date for EB-2 China, however, remained unchanged at February 1, 2012. The Final Action date for EB-3 India saw a modest progression of less than a month to April 22, 2004 and EB-3 China advanced 3.5 months to April 15, 2012. The Final Action date for EB-5 China advanced three (3) weeks to December 15, 2013.
This month there was no movement in the Application Filing dates for any of the employment-based preference categories. Finally, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has yet to confirm whether they will continue to accept adjustment of status applications for individuals whose Application Filing dates remain current in December. D&S will continue to monitor USCIS’s Visa Bulletin page and provide an update when the agency announces later this month whether it will continue to accept these applications.