New Visa bulletin and movement!

[Aluvaboy 66]

The November 2022 visa bulletin was released today. No movement in the Family based categories. It has been like this for almost a year now. Example F4 for India preference category is stuck at 15 September 2005! My brother’s PD is 13 October 2005. His derivative son’s CSPA calculated age is getting aged out this month! Anyone knows why the visa Priority dates are stuck like this for almost a year?

[JeanneAdil 6,505]

it isn't     India is now at Feb 22,  06

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-november-2022.html

 

F4

15DEC07

15DEC07

22FEB06

01APR01

22APR04

[nastra30 2,286]

17 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

it isn't     India is now at Feb 22,  06

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-november-2022.html

 

F4

15DEC07

15DEC07

22FEB06

01APR01

22APR04

That's the date for NVC filing. The priority date for visa availability is actually 15 September 2005.

amily- Sponsored	All Chargeability  Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland  born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	01DEC14	01DEC14	01DEC14	15NOV00	01MAR12
F2A	C	C	C	C	C
F2B	22SEP15	22SEP15	22SEP15	01JUN01	22OCT11
F3	22NOV08	22NOV08	22NOV08	15NOV97	08JUN02
F4	22MAR07	22MAR07	15SEP05	01AUG00	22AUG02

[Aluvaboy 66]

That is my question. It has been stuck at 15 September 2005 for almost a year! I thought it would change when the new calendar year for 2023 started on October 1. My brother has been documentarily qualified since July 2020!

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

15 hours ago, Aluvaboy said:

That is my question. It has been stuck at 15 September 2005 for almost a year! I thought it would change when the new calendar year for 2023 started on October 1. My brother has been documentarily qualified since July 2020!

The new fiscal year started Oct 1.  Calendar year starts in January. 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

On 10/7/2022 at 2:52 PM, Aluvaboy said:

That is my question. It has been stuck at 15 September 2005 for almost a year! I thought it would change when the new calendar year for 2023 started on October 1. My brother has been documentarily qualified since July 2020!

Massive backlogs in cases that built up during covid. Embassies were closed and when they reopened, priority was given to IR cases. There was some movement ahead in the visa bulletin in F- cases during the pandemic which in my understanding was mainly to allow AOS cases to proceed, as they weren’t doing much if anything at the consulates at the time. There is no point in them moving the priority dates now if they have no capacity to take on more interviews at this stage. Some people are still waiting more than a year for interviews after current + DQ. Once the backlogs start clearing they can start moving along again.

 

Unfortunately, aging out is a risk in this process. If the derivative is already aging out on CSPA basis then he is over 21 and an adult and can take care of himself a while. Presumably once the parents get their own green cards they’ll file F2B petition, it will take time but derivative can certainly get there in the end.

 

PS fiscal year change only restarts the VB movement if the issue was quotas filled for the year. My understanding is that the problem is not the quotas but capacity at the embassies to deal with the backlogs. 

Edited October 9, 2022 by SusieQQQ