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:
Visa Bulletin | Final Action |
|---|---|
| Oct 2018 | May 15, 1997 |
| Nov 2018 | Jun 8, 1997 |
| Dec 2018 | Jun 8, 1997 |
| Jan 2019 | Jun 8, 1997 |
| Feb 2019 | Jul 22, 1997 |
| Mar 2019 | Sep 22, 1997 |
| Apr 2019 | Oct 1, 1997 |
| May 2019 | Oct 22, 1997 |
| Jun 2019 | Nov 22, 1997 |
| Jul 2019 | Dec 15, 1997 |
| Aug 2019 | Jan 15, 1998 |
| Sep 2019 | Feb 8, 1998 |
| Oct 2019 | Mar 8, 1998 |
| Nov 2019 | Apr 1, 1998 |
| Dec 2019 | Apr 22, 1998 |
| Jan 2020 | May 22, 1998 |
| Feb 2020 | Jun 22, 1998 |
| Mar 2020 | Jul 15, 1998 |
| Apr 2020 | Aug 15, 1998 |
| May 2020 | Sep 8, 1998 |
| Jun 2020 | Oct 1, 1998 |
| Jul 2020 | Oct 22, 1998 |
| Aug 2020 | Nov 22, 1998 |
| Sep 2020 | Dec 22, 1998 |
| Oct 2020 | Jan 15, 1999 |
| Nov 2020 | Feb 15, 1999 |
| Dec 2020 | Mar 15, 1999 |
| Jan 2021 | Apr 8, 1999 |
| Feb 2021 | May 1, 1999 |
| Mar 2021 | May 22, 1999 |
| Apr 2021 | Jun 22, 1999 |
| May 2021 | Jul 22, 1999 |
| Jun 2021 | Aug 15, 1999 |
| Jul 2021 | Sep 8, 1999 |
| Aug 2021 | Oct 8, 1999 |
| Sep 2021 | Nov 1, 1999 |
Don’t see your Priority Date? Want to know when your Interview will take place? Get more details with Immigration Planner.
What is the latest?
F2B | Latest |
|---|---|
| Visa Bulletin Date: | Mar 2019 |
| Chargeability: | Mexico |
| Final Action Date: | Sep 22, 1997 |
| Movement: | +8 weeks |
February and March 2019 completely the shape of Fiscal Year 2019 for F2B-Mexico with an 8-week advancement following a 6-week advancement. So we are back on solid ground, more in line with the solid advancement we saw from June to November 2018. |
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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 |
| Mar 2019 | Sep 22, 1997 | +8 weeks |
| Feb 2019 | Jul 22, 1997 | +6 weeks |
| Jan 2019 | Jun 8, 1997 | None |
| Dec 2018 | Jun 8, 1997 | None |
| Nov 2018 | Jun 8, 1997 | +3 weeks |
| October 2018 | May 15, 1997 | +3 weeks |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 1997 | +17 weeks | USCIS has not decided yet. Check back in a few days |
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:
Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Does F1 have an advantage over F2B? | No |
| Should applicants 'opt-out' of F1? | Yes |
| Where is F1 compared to F2B (in Months)? | -1.7 |
| Last update? | March 2019 |
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:
Mar 14, 2019 |
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