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
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Family
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Other Countries
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China
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India
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Mexico
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Philippines
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F1
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AD
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12/01/2014 |
12/01/2014
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12/01/2014
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01/15/1999
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03/01/2012
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FD
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05/15/2016
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05/15/2016
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05/15/2016
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08/01/2000
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04/22/2015
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F2A
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AD
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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FD
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06/01/2021
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06/01/2021
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06/01/2021
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06/01/2021
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06/01/2021
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F2B
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AD
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09/22/2015
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09/22/2015
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09/22/2015
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03/15/2000
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10/22/2011
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FD
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09/22/2016
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09/22/2016
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09/22/2016
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10/01/2000
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10/01/2013
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F3
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AD
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11/22/2008
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11/22/2008
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11/22/2008
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05/15/1997
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06/08/2002
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FD
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08/22/2009
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08/22/2009
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08/22/2009
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09/08/2000
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10/01/2003
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F4
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AD
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03/22/2007
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03/22/2007
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09/15/2005
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02/08/1999
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08/22/2002
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FD
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10/01/2007
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10/01/2007
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01/01/2006
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06/01/1999
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02/01/2004
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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)
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)
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Employment
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Other
Countries
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China
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El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
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India
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Mexico
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Philippines
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Vietnam
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EB1
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AD
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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EB2
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AD
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C
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07/01/2018
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C
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09/01/2011
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C
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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09/01/2018
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C
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07/08/2012
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C
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C
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C
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EB3
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AD
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C
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01/08/2019
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C
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01/01/2014
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C
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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01/15/2019
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C
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01/08/2014
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C
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C
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C
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Other Workers
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AD
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C
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02/01/2010
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C
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01/01/2014
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C
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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05/01/2010
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C
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01/08/2014
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C
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C
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C
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EB4
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AD
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C
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C
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03/15/2019
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C
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03/01/2020
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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C
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05/15/2019
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C
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C
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C
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C
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EB5
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AD
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C
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11/22/2015
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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12/15/2015
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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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.)
on Wed, 09/15/2021 - 12:10 by sldpadmin
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