EB-2 ROW (Rest of the World, excluding China/India):

Final Action Dates: Current

Dates for Filing: Current

EB-2 China

Final Action Dates: 11/01/2015 (moved forward 1 month compared to May 2020)

Dates for Filing: 08/01/2016 (no movement compared to May 2020)

EB-1 China

Final Action Dates: 08/15/2017 (moved forward 1 month compared to May 2020)

Dates for Filing: 10/01/2017 (no movement compared to May 2020)

EB-1 ROW (Rest of the World, excluding China/India):

Final Action Dates: Current

Dates for Filing: Current

Comments from Law Office of Elva Wang:

1. The USCIS announced that for all employment-based preference categories, you must use the Final Action Dates chart to determine whether you can file I-485 in June 2020.

2. Your I-485 cannot be approved until your priority date (PD) is current under the Final Action Dates chart.

3. You are entitled to the PD of your first-approved I-140. If you were born in India or China and now thinking about filing an EB1A case, you may consider filing an NIW petition as soon as possible to secure an earlier PD.

The citation requirement of EB1A is much higher than that was before. Currently, it's a good idea to secure a PD by filing an NIW first. You will be able to port the NIW PD to your later-approved EB-1 case, if the visa bulletin of EB1 is faster than that of NIW.

Please feel free to contact us for a free evaluation for your EB1 and/NIW case.