TheDepartment of State has just issued the March 2020 Visa Bulletin. This is the sixth VisaBulletin of Fiscal Year 2021. This blog post analyzes this month’s VisaBulletin.
Visa Bulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates –Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (PermanentResidency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.
|
Employment- |
All Other |
CHINA |
INDIA |
PHILIPPINES |
|
1st |
C |
01AUG20 |
01AUG20 |
C |
|
2nd |
C |
15JUL16 |
15JAN10 |
C |
|
3rd |
C |
08FEB18 |
01JUL10 |
C |
Table B: Dates of Filing
The USCIS will be using the TableA: Final Action Dates chart for I-485 employment-based filings. A beneficiarymust be current on the above Table A chart in order to file their I-485,Adjustment of Status applications.
MU Law Analysis
Both the Philippines andWorldwide (All Other) EB-3 continue to be current. Our opinion remains thatthese categories will stay current for the foreseeable future.
India EB-1 movedahead 7 more months, which is about a year since December. India EB-2 andEB-3 each showed more progress than usual, but the progress is stillunderwhelming. These slow progressions,along with the large number of India EB-2 and EB-3 filings in October,November, and December, probably means that we should only expect 1-4 weekmovements in India EB-2 or EB-3 for at least the rest of 2021.
China EB-2 and EB-3 againboth moved forward by a few weeks, a trend that should continue. China EB-1 againshowed more progress than expected moving ahead seven months. This may be because of declining rates ofvisa issuance out of the American posts in China.