November 2017 Adjustment of Status Filing Dates

Use the following Visa Bulletin charts to determine when to file your application for adjustment of status.

How do I use these charts?

  1. Find your visa type in the left-most column of the appropriate chart (family or employment based).
  2. Stay in that row and move to the right to find the date under the country of your birth.
  3. If you are otherwise eligible, and if the date of the chart is current ("C"), or if your priority date is earlier than the date on the chart, you may file your application.

What is my priority date?

Your priority date is typically the date when your sponsor or employer filed the immigrant visa petition for you. However, there may be a delay if the petition was filed improperly. If a labor certification was needed with your visa petition, the priority date is generally the date the labor certification application was accepted for processing.

The following charts contain filing date information from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

November 2017

Dates for Filing Family-Sponsored Adjustment of Status Applications:

Family-
Sponsored

All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed

CHINA-
mainland
born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

F1

01JAN12

01JAN12

01JAN12

01NOV96

01OCT07

F2A

01NOV16

01NOV16

01NOV16

01NOV16

01NOV16

F2B

01SEP11

01SEP11

01SEP11

01JAN97

01SEP07

F3

01DEC05

01DEC05

01DEC05

01OCT95

15JUN95

F4

15NOV04

15NOV04

22JUN04

08FEB98

01MAR95

Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications:

Employment- Based

All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed

CHINA-
mainland
born

El SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

C

C

C

C

C

2nd

C

15JUN13

C

08OCT08

C

C

3rd

C

01FEB14

C

15OCT06

C

15JAN16

Other Workers

C

01APR06

C

15OCT06

C

15JAN16

4th

C

C

01NOV15

C

01APR16

C

Certain Religious Workers

C

C

01NOV15

C

01APR16

C

5th
Non-Regional
Center
(C5 and T5)

C

01JUL14

C

C

C

C

5th
Regional
Center
(I5 and R5)

C

01JUL14

C

C

C

C

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