What are the requirements to file for CP?
The individual must be immediately eligible to receive an immigrant visa, which means they must have an approved family petition (I-130) or employment-based petition (I-140). Also, if they are from a country that has a visa quota backlog their priority date must be current . An individual cannot complete CP unless their priority date is current. If the visa quota is backlogged, the State Department will simply hold the approved petition until the priority date becomes current and then complete processing. The priority dates are printed in the State Department’s Visa Bulletin every month.
