The Department of State has just issued November 2021 Visa Bulletin. This is the second Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2022. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin.
Visa
Bulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates -- Applications
with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency
card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.
|
EB |
All Other |
CHINA |
INDIA |
PHILIPPINES |
|
1st |
C |
C |
C |
C |
|
2nd |
C |
15-Nov-18 |
01-Dec-11 |
C |
|
3rd |
C |
22-Mar-18 |
15-Jan-12 |
C |
Table B: Dates of Filing
The USCIS
will be using the Table B chart for I-485 employment-based filings. See: USCIS
Visa Bulletin Dates
MU Law
Analysis
The DOS
continues to confound. On one hand – and
to the detriment of Indian and Chinese EB-3s – the DOS retrogressed
dates massively. EB-3 India Final Action
dates retrogressed about two years, back to January 15, 2012. EB-3 China retrogressed
to March 22, 2018, which is about 9 months.
Adding to the pain of Indian and Chinese EB-3s, Dates of Filing for
these categories also retrogressed, which means that there will not be a chance
for I-485 filings.
On the other
hand, the dates for India and China EB-2, progressed. India EB-2 moved ahead by three months. China EB-2 advanced by 5 months. Similar progressions occurred in the Dates of
Filing chart.
The story was
benign if confusing for Philippines and Worldwide EB-3, where dates held
at Current.
The confusion
comes on the heels of last
month’s DOS comments that implied retrogression in all categories, not just
India and China EB-3.
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