After much anticipation, the US Department of State has published the Visa Bulletin for October 2020, which showed advancement in most employment-based categories.

Surprisingly, USCIS followed with an announcement that it will be using the “Dates for Filing” chart for accepting employment-based adjustment of status application filings in the month of October. Typically, USCIS uses the “Final Action Dates” chart for accepting adjustment of status application filings.