Next is EB2

does that affaext those who have been approved? and their green card process?

Annual Limit Reached in the EB-1 Category Last Updated: August 27, 2024 The State Department, working in close collaboration with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is pleased to announce the issuance of all available visas in the Employment-Based First Preference (EB-1) category for fiscal year (FY) 2024. Maximizing these visas facilitates legitimate travel for individuals with extraordinary ability that has garnered national or international acclaim, outstanding professors and researchers, and multinational executives and managers. These individuals bring contributions across many industries that greatly benefit the U.S. economy. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) limits the number of employment-based preference immigrant visas that may be issued within a fiscal year. Specifically, INA 203(b)(1) provides that the annual limit for EB-1 visas is 28.6 percent of the worldwide employment limit. Since all available EB-1 visas for FY 2024 have been used, embassies and consulates may not issue visas in these categories for the remainder of the fiscal year. The annual limits will reset with the start of the new fiscal year (FY 2025) on October 1, 2024. At that point, embassies and consulates may resume issuing immigrant visas in these categories to qualified applicants.

@cloud 8 No, it affects those who are pending

do they still adjudicate the pendings and move it to CRP?

no, they won’t adjudicate until visas become available

So next possible dates we can expect approvals only in October is it?

yes

Does it impact I-140 or I-485?

i485

I’m confused about what this mean. I haven’t applied for I-485 and my I-140 is pending since April. Can someone help me to clarify?

if my i485 is pending since july, how do i know if it got visa allocated or not? can it still be approved after this message?

We went for fingerprints yesterday. Will our file still be valid? We live in the USA right now. @s a @Jack Chen @T. G.

@Charlie SC

the visa is allocated when i485 is adjudicated not before.

so does this mean the September visa bulletin will show the new FY priority dates ?

ı dont understand ı sent my I-485 file 21 june.ı have active i-485 file. is it be valid ?

@s a

is it same with my case? @Luli L @bm sa because my case was updated in my account as fingerprint were taken… can it be for me now and october?

@Luli L

@bm sa when do we usually get visa allocate? during which stage of the 485

@Luli L

now im confused 😂 so if my 485 is not adjudicated by now, aka approved, i do not have visa allocated?

@Luli L Yes nothing allocated

when you have done biometrics and completed medical examination and the officer is reviewing your application to render a final decision is when they will check if a visa is available or not. the fact that your case is actively being reviewing means nothing, the moment the petition is about to be adjudicated and you meet all the requirements is when the visa is allocated

me too @Luli L by the way @cloud 8 congrats🏆 ı saw your post. but normally yesterday it is done but today you said it is ok for green card thats why ı dont understand :(

@Luli L

my understanding is that the cases keep being processed unless the status turns into “case remains pending”. As @s a says above, this will not happen unless the case is at the very last stage. And in that case, it means a visa can not be allocated and hence one needs to wait until visa number become available.

so even if I submitted my rfe and case was transferred yesterday to Spokane, I don’t have a visa number allocated?

CoB -India . PD Nov 2022, CRP since Jul 2023… when should I expect adjudication

It's unfortunate! I submitted case on March-28 and responded to RFIE on May-29 and no updates after that for 3 months. Now the visa numbers are exhausted so not sure if they already assigned a number or kept it in backlog for next fiscal year...wait with hope is the only option I can see

As long as you have not got the approval notice for i-485, you need to wait at least 2 months.

@Al O yes I kind of realized the fact and telling myself to wait another 2 months

Based on what I have researched and on some of your questions, I am leaving my comments here, hoping it will be helpful. 1- The information indicated in the link ONLY speaks of the fact that the visas issued by embassies and consulates for people who have been approved for EB1 and who also had their permanent residence (GC) approved in this fiscal year have run out. With these visas granted, these people can legally travel to the US. 2- For cases of status adjustments within the US, the process, although it also depends on the allocation of a visa, whether or not it is concurrent and the country of the applicant, the date is until September 30 or until the quotas for each year are exhausted. But to be, possibly, taken into account for approval of the GC in this fiscal year (within the US), several steps must be completed: a) That the applicant correctly submits the I-485 form including the payments. b) That your fingerprints have been taken. c) Having submitted and complied with all the requirements they ask for. d) That the medical exams and vaccines show that the applicant is admissible. e) Having received an RFE in response to the request and that they receive the response from immigration. And having complied with all the elements mentioned above, the applicant must still take the chance of having his case reviewed for approval and only then can it be said that he is within the visa quotas for this fiscal year. It is important to mention that, each year, these quotas are renewed for both consular processes and adjustment of status and the fiscal year goes from 10/1/YYYY to 09/30/YYYY, that is, if it is not this fiscal year, it will be the next. In the meantime, although difficult, we must be patient and pray to God so that he intercedes for us. good luck.

my understanding ı still have a chance maybe 🫶🏻🤲🏻 because ı did change of status in us. at the moment ı gave fingerprint on 27 August and ı live in us. @C R is it correct ?

If immigration considers that your AOS file is complete and correct (including forms, payments, civil and medical documents, and fingerprints) and you also belong to ROW (which still appears in the visa bulletin as concurrent for EB1 in September), you may have a chance, but it's all a matter of luck.

@Alice A.

does this impact of Advancing dates in new fiscal year ? how many months it’s can advance ? any prediction on it .

ı am waiting ı hope my process is going on quickly @C R

Its great news guys! At least they have not wasted a single visa…

i am curious why this is on the travel.state.gov and not on uscis website? could it be that the department has released all the visas for this year and no new visas will be released. uscis and their field offices will finish or try to finish the released visas now