Visa Bulletin for February 2025
Notes D & E:
D. EMPLOYMENT FOURTH PREFERENCE RELIGIOUS WORKERS (SR) CATEGORY EXTENDED
H.R. 10545, signed on December 21, 2024, prolonged the Employment Fourth Choice Sure Spiritual Employees (SR) class till March 14, 2025. No SR visas could also be issued abroad, or remaining motion taken on adjustment of standing instances, after midnight March 13, 2025. Visas issued previous to that date will probably be legitimate solely till March 13, 2025, and all people in search of admission within the non-minister particular immigrant class have to be admitted (repeat, admitted) into the US no later than midnight March 13, 2025.
The SR class is topic to the identical remaining motion dates as the opposite Employment Fourth Choice classes per relevant overseas state of chargeability.
E. U.S. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS (SIVs)
The Nationwide Protection Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal 12 months 2024, signed into regulation on December 22, 2023, might have an effect on sure present and former workers of the U.S. Authorities overseas, in addition to sure surviving spouses and youngsters of deceased workers of the U.S. authorities overseas, making use of for SIVs or adjustment of standing, as described in part 101(a)(27)(D) of the INA. This doesn’t have an effect on sure Iraqis and Afghans making use of for SQ and SI SIVs. Candidates ought to contact the consular part at which they filed their Kind DS‑1884 for additional info on the impression of that regulation on their case.
