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In the past couple months, we have been seeing some client obtain I-485 approvals where their priority date is not current.\u00a0 This is contrary to the law and may lead to a future revocation.\u00a0 The USCIS Service Centers are willing to allow an informal application to rescind the approval and allow the person to retain their pending I-485, along with any approved work or travel authorizations.\u00a0 Failure to take action in this instance may preclude future immigration benefits such as naturalization and may cause the applicant to lose his or her place in the immigrant visa queue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the past couple months, we have been seeing some client obtain I-485 approvals where their priority date is not current.\u00a0 This is contrary to the law and may lead to a future revocation.\u00a0 The USCIS Service Centers are willing to allow an informal application to rescind the approval and allow the person to retain … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,59,73],"tags":[220,210,221],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjustment-of-status","category-form-i-485","category-uscis-error","tag-adjustment-of-status","tag-form-i-485","tag-uscis-error"],"yoast_head":"\nI-485 Approvals Before Priority Date is Current According to Latest Visa Bulletin - US Immigration Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=262\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I-485 Approvals Before Priority Date is Current According to Latest Visa Bulletin - US Immigration Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the past couple months, we have been seeing some client obtain I-485 approvals where their priority date is not current.\u00a0 This is contrary to the law and may lead to a future revocation.\u00a0 The USCIS Service Centers are willing to allow an informal application to rescind the approval and allow the person to retain ... 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