TheDepartment of State has just issued November2021 Visa Bulletin. This is the secondVisa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2022. This blog post analyzes this month’s VisaBulletin.
VisaBulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates — Applicationswith these dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residencycard) 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 USCISwill be using the Table B chart for I-485 employment-based filings. See: USCISVisa Bulletin Dates
MU LawAnalysis
The DOScontinues to confound. On one hand – andto the detriment of Indian and Chinese EB-3s – the DOS retrogresseddates massively. EB-3 India Final Actiondates retrogressed about two years, back to January 15, 2012. EB-3 China retrogressedto March 22, 2018, which is about 9 months. Adding to the pain of Indian and Chinese EB-3s, Dates of Filing forthese categories also retrogressed, which means that there will not be a chancefor I-485 filings.
On the otherhand, 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 ofFiling chart.
The story wasbenign if confusing for Philippines and Worldwide EB-3, where dates heldat Current.
The confusioncomes on the heels of lastmonth’s DOS comments that implied retrogression in all categories, not justIndia and China EB-3.