As of September 24, 2015, USCIS has suspended final adjudication of employment-based Form I-485 applications (the Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status form) because the Department of State has reported that the statutory cap has been reached for employment-based preference categories for fiscal year 2015. This suspension will apply to all employment-based adjustment applications which are pending with USCIS through September 30, 2015.
USCIS states that it will continue to accept adjustment of status applications filed when the foreign national’s priority date is earler than the cut-off date published in the September Visa Bulletin for the person’s preference category and country of birth/chargeability.
Final adjudication of employment-based adjustment applications will resume again starting October 1, 2015, when visa numbers are again available.
