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Cannot cross the same river twice

UNTIL October 2015, the US State Department was issuing the monthly Visa Bulletin with only two charts showing the cutoff dates on both the family-sponsored and employment-based categories.

The cut-off date shows when an immigrant visa applicant's priority date is current. The priority date is the date when a visa petition for a family member was received and acknowledged by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).