What does Immigration Planner predict?
Our latest predictions for the Final Action Dates of F2B for 
Mexico.
Children of Green Card holders who are adults, but not married.
F2B, Mexico – Final Action Dates Predictions FY2019 – FY2021:
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What is the latest?
F2B | Latest |
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| Visa Bulletin Date: | Oct 2022 |
| Chargeability: | Mexico |
| Final Action Date: | Apr 1, 2001 |
| Movement: | None |
The advancement of the second half of Fiscal Year 2020 was surprinsgly strong considering that Green Card issuance essentially stopped. In hindsight, it looks more like the Visa Office just could not bother adjusting its approach to a totally new situation. We anticipated stagnation, but we have seen positive movement for two consecutive months now. |
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Note: U.S. immigration agencies ‘Fiscal Year’ is from October to the following September. It is different from a ‘Calendar’ year. For example Fiscal Year 2018 is from October 2017 to September 2018, and Fiscal Year 2019 is from October 2018 to September 2019.
F2B | Last Six | |
|---|---|---|
Visa Bulletin | Final Action | Movement |
| Oct 2022 | Apr 1, 2001 | None |
| Sep 2022 | Apr 1, 2001 | None |
| Aug 2022 | Apr 1, 2001 | None |
| Jul 2022 | Apr 1, 2001 | +8 weeks |
| Jun 2022 | Feb 1, 2001 | +4 weeks |
| May 2022 | Jan 1, 2001 | None |
For other F2B areas see All Countries and the Philippines.
I am going through adjustment of status, what else applies to me?
Applicants going through Adjustment of Status are often allowed to use the ‘Filing Date’ of the Visa Bulletin to determine when they are allowed to file Form I-485. Here is the latest:
Filing Date | Movement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2001 | None | ✔︎ Yes, the Filing Date can be used |
Historically, how long did it take for F2B-Mexico applicants to become ‘current’?
This is how long it took for prior F2B-Mexico applicants to have their priority date become current, plus our prediction for the next few years:
If you can, should you ‘opt-out’ of F1 right now?
When sponsors who were Green Card holders become U.S. Citizen, their over-21-year-old unmarried children are moved from F2B to F1. But these applicants can also ‘opt-out’ from F1 and stay in F2B. Should they? That is what we are trying to help applicants determine here:
This is how F1 compared to F2B historically, and our prediction for the next few years:
When will the Interview be scheduled?
The process of scheduling the interview is initiated by U.S. immigration agencies when the following two requirements are met:
- The applicant’s Priority Date is ‘current’ when compared to the relevant ‘Final Action Date’
- The applicant’s Green Card Case is ‘interview-ready’ (also called ‘case complete’ or ‘documentarily qualified’, meaning that all the proper Forms, Evidence, and Fees necessary to make a decision on the Green Card Application have been received by U.S. Immigration Agencies).
Being ‘current’ means that the applicant’s Priority Date (which is when Form I-130 was filed) is ‘earlier’ than the relevant Final Action Date. If the relevant Final Action Date is January 1st 2018, then applicants with a Priority Date ‘earlier’ (that is up to December 31st 2016) are said to be current.
The relevant Final Action Date refers to the Final Action Date that applies to applicants based on their preference classification (F1, F2A, F2B, F3, F4) and countries of birth (Mexico, All Countries, …).
The month when the applicant’s Priority Date is current, U.S. Immigration agencies look for an available Interview slot in the month after next (if the applicant’s priority date becomes current in January, then they will start looking for slots in March). How long applicants wait depend on how busy the U.S. Consulate or USCIS Field office is.
What happened during Fiscal Year 2018?
Fiscal Year 2018 refers to the period from October 2017 to September 2018. The following graph compares the last 20 years of the Visa Bulletin with Fiscal Year 2018 (represented by the annotated line). Fiscal Year 2018 was one of the best of the last 20 years for F2B-Mexico:
When will Immigration Planner update its predictions?
We expect to update our predictions the day after the next Visa Bulletin is released. Our best guess as to when we will update these predictions is as follows:
Oct 15, 2022 |
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