Overview
Docketwise tracks the priority date of an immigrant petition for you and we update the cutoff dates from the Visa Bulletin just before the beginning of each month.
Once you have entered the Priority Date and Preference Category, this feature will inform you whether or not the priority date is current and send you an in-app notification under the bell icon in Docketwise.
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Setting Priority Date Tracking
Priority Date Tracking may be set when creating a matter or by editing a Matter that is already made.
When Creating a New Matter
To set Priority Date Tracking when creating a new Matter, you will need to follow the steps below:
Click the Create New ▼ button from your Docketwise Dashboard
Select the the Priority Date and Preference Category
Click the Create Matter → button
Updating an Existing Matter
In order to set a Priority Date Tracking after the Matter it is already created, you will need to follow the steps below:
Navigate to the Matter for which you would like to set a Matter Type
Click on the Update Matter Details link
Select the the Priority Date and Preference Category
Click the Update Matter → button
Viewing Priority Date Tracking
Once Priority Date and Preference Category are entered, you are able to start tracking the Priority Date's status.
From within the Case Tracking tab of the Matter Overview Page or the Contact Overview Page for the Matter's Primary Contact, you can see the real time status of the Priority Date Tracking.
Matter's Overview Page:
Contact Overview Page of Matter's Primary Contact:
Reporting with Priority Date Tracking
In report on Priority Date Tracking, you will need to follow the steps below:
Click the Create New ▼ button from your Docketwise Dashboard
Click the Report option
Choose the Matters by Preference Category report
After running this report, you are able to see all Matters that have a Priority Date and Preference Category, grouped by their Preference Category.
In this report, you can easily reference which Matters have a current or non-current Priority Date.