October 2021 Visa Bulletin: USCIS will use Dates for Filing Chart

 

October is the first month of the Fiscal Year 2022, which means a new batch of visa numbers has been released. 

As previously predicted, USCIS announced that they are going to use the Dates for Filing chart in both the family-based and employment-based cases, with an exception for the F2A category under family-based petition. F2A applicants can use the Final Action Date chart because final action dates are "current". 

The cut-off dates for family categories stay the same. 

In employment-based categories, the filing date for EB-2 India advances 7 months, but EB-3 India and China filing dates retrogress for a few months. 

AD: Dates for Final Action (Green Card Approval)           
FD: Dates for Filing Applications Only

      Family    
Other Countries
      China
India
Mexico
Philippines
F1
AD
12/01/2014
12/01/2014
12/01/2014
01/15/1999
03/01/2012
FD

05/15/2016
05/15/2016
05/15/2016
08/01/2000
04/22/2015
F2A
AD

      C

      C

      C

      C

      C

FD

06/01/2021
06/01/2021
06/01/2021
06/01/2021
06/01/2021
F2B
AD

09/22/2015
09/22/2015
09/22/2015
03/15/2000
10/22/2011
FD

09/22/2016
09/22/2016
09/22/2016
10/01/2000
10/01/2013
F3
AD

11/22/2008
11/22/2008
11/22/2008
05/15/1997
06/08/2002
FD

08/22/2009
08/22/2009
08/22/2009
09/08/2000

10/01/2003
F4
AD

03/22/2007
03/22/2007
09/15/2005
02/08/1999
08/22/2002
FD

10/01/2007

10/01/2007

01/01/2006
06/01/1999

02/01/2004

1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year).
2A: The 2 "A" preference is for Spouses and Children (under 21 & unmarried) of LPR's.
2B: The 2 "B" Preference is for Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 or older) of LPR's.
3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year)

4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens. (about 65,000 per year)



Employment
Other 
Countries
China 
El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras
India
Mexico
Philippines

Vietnam
EB1

AD

C

C
C

C
C

C

C

FD

C

C
C
C
C

C

C

EB2
AD

C

07/01/2018
C

09/01/2011
C

C

C

FD

C

09/01/2018
C

07/08/2012
C

C

C

EB3

AD

C
01/08/2019
C
01/01/2014
C
C
C
FD

C
01/15/2019
C
01/08/2014
C
C
C
Other Workers
AD

C
02/01/2010  
C
01/01/2014
C
C
C
FD

C
05/01/2010
C
01/08/2014

C
C
C
EB4

AD

C

C

03/15/2019
C

03/01/2020
C

C

FD

C

C

05/15/2019
C

C

C

C

EB5
AD

C

11/22/2015

C

C
C

C

C
FD

C

12/15/2015

C

C

C

C

C


1st: Priority Workers (Extraordinary ability aliens, multinational companies executives/managers, outstanding prof./researchers)
2nd: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.

3rd: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers (Unskilled.)

4th: "Special Immigrants" (Religious & others)    
5th: Employment Creation (Investors) 
 *(IR&R5 are "Unavailable in the October visa bulletin)

(Immigration laws and policies change regularly.  If you have any questions regarding this article, please visit www.1visa1.com to schedule legal consultation.) 

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