Current Priority Order for US Immigrant Visa Processing

The coronavirus pandemic and restrictive authorized immigration insurance policies have resulted in huge immigrant visa processing backlogs. At Boundless we perceive how irritating the ready course of will be.

Based on the very best info out there, right here is the precedence order for July for visa processing in nations that aren’t on COVID-19 lockdown or shouldn’t have critical restrictions in place:

1. IR-3/IR-4 (worldwide adoption circumstances)
2. IR-2 (particularly the immigrant youngster of a U.S. citizen who will flip 21 within the close to future)
3. Particular Immigrant Visas for Iraqi and Afghan nationals working for the U.S. authorities
4. CR-1/IR-1 (marriage-based inexperienced card)
5. IR-2 (particularly the immigrant youngster of a U.S. citizen who is not going to flip 21 within the close to future)
6. IR-5 (mum or dad of a U.S. citizen)
7. Ok-1 (fiancé of a U.S. citizen)
8. All different family-based visas and SE1 (international staff of the U.S. authorities overseas)
9. All different immigrant visa sorts together with employment-based and variety visas
10. H-1B/L/TN/H-2 (nonimmigrant employment-based visas)
11. F/M/J (nonimmigrant college students)
12. E-1/E-2 (treaty dealer/investor)
13. B-1/B-2 (these eligible for an interview waiver)
14. B-1/B-2 (presently not processing first-time candidates in any respect even in nations with out critical restrictions as a result of backlog taking priority)

For extra info, Boundless is usually updating the present standing of visa providers by nation.