April Visa Bulletin Notes Movement In Many Employment-Based Categories
The Department of State’s Visa Bulletin for April 2019 notes
that Final Action Date movement in many employment-based preference
categories continues to be greater than might ordinarily be
expected. This is anticipated to continue for at least the next few
months.
The Department explained that this movement is a direct result
of fewer applicants proceeding to final action on their cases at
consular posts abroad and at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services offices. Once large numbers of applicants begin to have
their cases brought to final action, final action date movements
will necessarily slow or stop, the bulletin says. Moreover, in some
categories, final action date retrogression is a possibility if
demand levels are excessive. Therefore, the recent rates of final
action date advances will not continue indefinitely, but the
bulletin notes that “it is not possible to say at present when
they will end.”
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