Immigrant VIsas

Priority Dates

A "Priority Date" is the date set by the U.S. Department of State that marks which applicants may schedule an Immigrant Visa interview. Applicants who have approved petitions that were submitted to the USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, formerly INS) before the Priority Date listed below may schedule an interview at the Consulate. Priority Dates are updated every month and vary depending on the Immigrant Visa Category.

For the month of December 2006 the Consulate is scheduling interviews for applicants whose approved petition was filed before the "Priority Date" listed below. For Immigrant Visa Categories click here.
Example: For the month of December, if your visa Category is E3 and your petition was filed before 01-aug-2002 the Consulate will mail you a (Packet 4), which is a packet that contains instructions on how to request an appointment once you have complied with all the instructions mentioned in it. The packet will be sent to the address in Ecuador and/or the United States that the petitioner/beneficiary indicated when sent form Agent of Choice to the National Visa Center.

Category	Priority Date (December-06)	Priority Date (January-07)
C5	Current	Current
E1	Current	Current
E2	Current	Current
E3	1-Aug-02	1-Aug-02
E4	Current	Current
EW	1-Oct-01	1-Oct-01
EX	Unavailable	15-Jun-04
F1	22-Apr-01	22-Apr-01
F2A	1-Mar-02	15-Mar-02
F2B	8-Mar-97	8-Apr-97
F3	8-Dec-98	1-Jan-99
F4	1-Dec-95	8-Jan-96
FX	15-Jan-00	15-Mar-00
I5	Current	Current
R5	Current	Current
SI	18-Sep-06	18-Sep-06
SN	Current	Current
SR	Current	Current
T5	Current	Current

Current: Numbers are available for all qualified applicants; and
Unavailable: No numbers are available.
(NOTE: Numbers are available only for applicants whose priority date is earlier than the cut-off date listed below).