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visa bulletin
/ˈviːzə ˈbʊlətɪn/
Definition
1
A monthly publication issued by the U.S. Department of State that provides information regarding the availability of immigrant visa numbers for specific immigrant categories.
2
A source of chronic anxiety for immigrants, consisting of a list of dates that move at the speed of a sloth traversing a desert.
Examples
Checking the visa bulletin has become my monthly ritual of professional heartbreak.
My priority date has been stuck in the same month for so long that I suspect the visa bulletin is just a sophisticated psychological experiment.
He refreshed the visa bulletin website with the same desperate hope one usually reserves for winning a lottery that happens only once every three decades.