These NIWs are those currently in the US whose employers have filed an immigrant visa petition for them. The priority date of an employment-based immigrant visa applicant is the date when the permanent labor certification was filed, not when the petition was received at a USCIS office. AdvertisementIn November 2020, the State Department reported that there were 3,978,487 beneficiaries waiting for their immigrant visas. With the backlog of DQ applicants with NVC still at more than 400,000, these beneficiaries may just literally fall in line while waiting. AdvertisementInstead of being eligible to play the immigrant visa game, DQs who fall in line while waiting becomes subject to the original meaning of DQ — disqualified.

Source: Manila Times October 20, 2024 16:12 UTC