The Department of State has just issued the August 2022 Visa Bulletin. This isthe eleventh Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2022. This blog post analyzes thismonth’s Visa Bulletin.
Visa Bulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates –Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residencycard) or Immigrant Visa appointment.
|
EB |
Worldwide |
CHINA |
INDIA |
PHILIPPINES |
|
1st |
C |
C |
C |
C |
|
2nd |
C |
01APR19 |
01DEC14 |
C |
|
3rd |
C |
22APR18 |
15FEB12 |
C |
|
Other workers |
08MAY19 |
01JUN12 |
15JAN12 |
08MAY19 |
Table B: Dates of Filing
The USCIS is expected to use the Table B Dates of Filing chart forI-485 employment-based filings. See: USCIS Visa Bulletin Dates
MU Law Analysis
As is often the case toward the end of the fiscal year, there wasnot much movement as the USCIS and DOS seek to use the remaining visas in thefiscal year.
EB-3 Other Workers, which is the category for occupations thatrequire less than two years of education or experience to perform the job,remains retrogressed to 08May2019. Thisdate will not advance until October 1, 2022, with the start of the new fiscalyear.
The India and China EB-2 categories remain unchanged. EB-3 India and EB-3 China advanced onemonth each.
The WW and Philippine EB-3 remained current. We may see a retrogression of WW andPhilippine EB-3 before the end of the fiscal year, once the full allotment ofvisas is exhausted. This is common, and nothing to be too concerned about, as we have explained in the past.