TheDepartment of State has just issued the July2020 Visa Bulletin. This is thetenth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2021. This blog post analyzes this month’sVisa Bulletin.
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Table A:Final Action Dates –Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (PermanentResidency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.
|
Employment |
All Chargeability |
CHINA |
INDIA |
PHILIPPINES |
|
1st |
C |
C |
C |
C |
|
2nd |
C |
1-Dec-17 |
1-Jun-11 |
C |
|
3rd |
C |
1-Jan-19 |
1-Jan-13 |
C |
Table B:Dates of Filing
The USCISwill be using the Table A: Final Action Dates chart for I-485 employment-basedfilings. A beneficiary must be current on the above Table A chart in order tofile their I-485, Adjustment of Status applications. USCISVisa Bulletin Dates
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Both the Philippinesand Worldwide (All Other) EB-3 continue to be current. Our opinion remainsthat these categories will stay current for the foreseeable future and into2022.
India EB-1 remains current, which continues tolead to extra visas will flowing down to India EB2 and EB3. India EB-2 again moved ahead, thistime by 6 months, a positive trend that has continued and can be expected tocontinue. Similarly, India EB-3 leaptahead 14 months. We will see favorableprocessing times for the rest of 2021 and into 2022.
China EB-2and EB-3 again bothmoved forward by seven and four months, respectively. This trend should continue into 2022. China EB-1 remains current.