China News Service, September 27. According to the US "World Journal" report, the US Immigration Service recently announced the October schedule, and the green card schedule (EB category) for professional immigrants born in mainland China has advanced significantly.

  Compared with the previous month, the EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 schedules for occupational immigrants have advanced significantly. The EB-1 approval date has advanced 92 days, and the submission date has advanced 793 days; the EB-2 approval date has advanced 46 days, The delivery date is advanced 61 days; the EB-3 approval date is advanced 136 days, and the delivery date is advanced 396 days.

  The approval date (commonly known as Form A) refers to the final approval date of the immigrant visa, also known as the immigration schedule.

The delivery date (commonly known as Form B) refers to the earliest date on which the application can be submitted, also known as the delivery schedule.

The Immigration Bureau will announce whether to use Form B every month. If it is used, even if the appointment date of the professional immigration applicant has not arrived, but the delivery date has arrived, you can submit the application for change of status, as well as the application for work card and reentry permit. Wait.

  Regarding this new situation, immigration lawyer Xu Junliang said that because the new fiscal year begins and the quotas for the new year are open, it is normal for the schedule to move forward, but he feels surprised to advance so much at a time.

He said that many policies before the election were unclear. According to past practice, the immigration schedule before the election progressed slowly.

  After the scheduled time is announced, applicants for professional immigration from mainland China quickly contact an immigration lawyer to ask about the progress.

Xu Junliang said that due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the regional office of the Immigration Bureau was closed for a period of time, and the handling of cases was slow, so the immigration law firm was not busy in the first two months.

However, after the Immigration Bureau announced the October schedule on the 24th, the phone number of the lawyer's office was broken.

  In addition to the deadline for many professional immigration applicants, it is necessary to quickly prepare the materials to submit the application, there is also a very common "downgrade".

Because EB-2 is for applicants with a graduate degree or above, EB-3 is for college students.

If the EB-2 schedule is later than EB-3, then EB-2 applicants who meet certain requirements can be downgraded to EB-3 and use the EB-3 schedule date.

  Therefore, many immigration law firms not only have to prepare documents for applicants whose schedule has already arrived, but also are busy preparing for clients who want to downgrade.

Mr. Liu, an immigration lawyer in Orange County, said that he thought the immigration bureau was not handling cases so quickly under the new crown epidemic, but after the announcement of the new immigration schedule, the lawyers were overwhelmed, and he had many clients calling for downgrading.

  Lawyer Liu said that applicants who are downgraded from EB-2 to EB-3 can take advantage of the faster EB-3 schedule to submit an application for status change as soon as possible. Even if they cannot get a green card immediately, they can get a green card as soon as possible. To work card and reentry permit. Even if the applicant is out of the country but holds a re-entry permit, even if the work visa expires, he does not need to go to the embassy for a visa, and can enter the United States with the re-entry permit. In this regard, immigration lawyers expect that this time the schedule will be greatly improved, and the immigration department will receive a large number of applications for adjustment of status. (Wang Quanxiuzi)