AUGUST 2021 VISA BULLETIN: ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS

TheDepartment of State has just issued August Visa Bulletin.  This is the eleventh Visa Bulletin of FiscalYear 2021. This blog post analyzes this month’s Visa Bulletin.

Visa Bulletin

Table A: Final Action Dates — Applications with these dates may be approvedfor their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.

EB

All Other

CHINA

INDIA

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

C

C

C

2nd

C

1-Apr-18

1-Jun-11

C

3rd

C

8-Jan-19

1-Jul-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  USCIS Visa Bulletin Dates

MU Law Analysis

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.

EB-1 remains current for allcategories.  This will certainly be thecase for the rest of the fiscal year.  IndiaEB-2 did not move, which shows that the demand for this category remainsstrong.  On the other hand, India EB-3moved ahead by six months in spite of widespread reports of downgrades fromEB-2 to EB-3.  This could mean that thereports are overblown.

China EB-2 showed a four monthadvancement, but EB-3 only advanced one week, a reverse of the situationfor the Indian categories.