May 2018 Adjustment of Status Filing Dates

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services determined which filing dates chart to use for the May 2018 Visa Bulletin. Use the following Visa Bulletin charts to determine when to file your application for adjustment of status.

How do I use these charts?
Find your visa type in the left-most column of the appropriate chart (family or employment based).
Stay in that row and move to the right to find the date under the country of your birth.
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.

May 2018
Dates for Filing Family-Sponsored Adjustment of Status Applications:

Family-
Sponsored
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-
mainland
born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
F1 08JAN12 08JAN12 08JAN12 15JUL98 08OCT07
F2A 22SEP17 22SEP17 22SEP17 22SEP17 22SEP17
F2B 08SEP11 08SEP11 08SEP11 22MAY97 08SEP07
F3 08SEP06 08SEP06 08SEP06 22SEP98 22JUL95
F4 01APR05 01APR05 01DEC04 08MAY98

15OCT95

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 VIETNAM
1st C 01JAN12 C 01JAN12 C C C
2nd C 01SEP14 C 22DEC08 C C C
3rd C 01JUN15 C 01MAY08 C 01JAN17 C
Other Workers C 01MAY07 C 01MAY08 C 01JAN17 C
4th C C 15DEC15 C 22OCT16 C C
Certain Religious Workers C C 15DEC15 C 22OCT16 C C
5th
Non-Regional
Center
(C5 and T5)
C 22JUL14 C C C C 22JUL14
5th
Regional
Center
(I5 and R5)
C 22JUL14 C C C C 22JUL14

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