• Immigration

    SIJ – December 2022 – No Movement

    The visa bulletin for December of 2022 has been posted. Unfortunately, there is no movement for the SIJ category, which is listed under the employment-based fourth preference, for applicants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. In December of 2022, the date for final action for employment-based fourth preference is March 15, 2018, which is the same exact date as listed in the October of 2022 visa bulletin. I think USCIS recognizes this problem and has taken steps to address the potential wait time. Indeed, USCIS has done at least 2 things to make the wait more bearable. First, in March of 2022, USCIS published a final rule in the Federal…