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Everything on this site, including Visa Bulletin tables, charts, priority date checks, wait-time estimates, processing-time figures, fee totals and visa explainers, is general information for education. It is not legal advice, and using the site does not create an attorney–client relationship with anyone.
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The Visa Bulletin is published each month by the U.S. Department of State. USCIS decides each month which Visa Bulletin chart it accepts for adjustment of status filings. Fees, forms and processing times are set by USCIS and other agencies. If anything on this site differs from the official publication, the official publication is correct. Always check the current official bulletin, the USCIS filing-chart page and the current USCIS fee schedule before you file.
Estimates and predictions
Our priority date estimator and wait-time figures project past movement forward. Visa Bulletin dates can stand still, jump forward or move backward (retrogress) with little notice, and categories can become unavailable for the rest of a fiscal year. A projection is not a prediction of what the State Department will do, and we never promise a date.
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