The queue date that controls when an immigrant visa case can move forward.
A priority date is the date that establishes a person's place in an immigrant visa queue.
For employment-based cases it is usually tied to the labor certification or immigrant petition filing. For family-based cases it is usually tied to the I-130 filing date.
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- Compare it with both Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing.
- Use the country of chargeability shown on the case.
- Re-check it after every monthly bulletin update.