The Department of State has
just issued the June 2020 Visa Bulletin. This is the ninth Visa
Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2020. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa
Bulletin.
June 2020 Visa Bulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates
-- Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card
(Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.
|
Employment-
based |
All Other
|
CHINA
|
INDIA
|
PHILIPPINES
|
|
1st
|
C
|
15AUG17
|
08JUN16
|
C
|
|
2nd
|
C
|
01NOV15
|
12JUN09
|
C
|
|
3rd
|
08NOV17
|
15JUN16
|
01APR09
|
08NOV17
|
MU Law Analysis
This was another
eagerly anticipated Visa Bulletin. The
DOS moved the Philippines and Worldwide EB-3 ahead by 10 months,
which is encouraging. The Indian and
Chinese EB-3 dates moved ahead one month, which is also a promising sign.
It would not surprise us to see another big progression in the July Visa
Bulletin, especially for the Philippines and Worldwide EB-3s.
The EB-1 movements were also reassuring. India EB-1 progressed 10 months. China EB-1 advanced by a month. The Indian and Chinese EB-2 dates also
moved ahead, with India progressing by 10 days and China by one month. These progressions could mean that more visa
numbers flow down to other categories.
MU continues to believe that the State
Department should be accelerating these dates at a faster rate and will need to
aggressively accelerate the dates in the next few months in order to ensure
that all visas are used in fiscal year 2020.
We have said this for several months. Very few immigrant visas have been issued in
the last 60 days because of the COVID-19 crisis.
Conspiracy rumors are out there. Some are speculating that the White House is interfering and
illegally holding back progressions. The State Department did not include any
comments at the end of the Visa Bulletin.
This lack of transparency from the State Department is feeding the
speculation. At the very least the State
Department should explain how it expect to use this year’s full allotment of
immigrant visas.
