TheDepartment of State has just issued the May 2022 Visa Bulletin. This is the eighthVisa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2022. This blog post analyzes this month’s VisaBulletin.
Visa Bulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates — Applications with these dates may beapproved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visaappointment.
|
EB |
All Other |
CHINA |
INDIA |
PHILIPPINES |
|
1st |
C |
C |
C |
C |
|
2nd |
C |
01MAR19 |
08JUL13 |
C |
|
3rd |
C |
22MAR18 |
15JAN12 |
C |
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
The EB dates stayed more or less static from the prior month,although India EB-2 advanced by 2 months, which should continue to allowadditional long-delayed Indian nationals to apply for their green cards. India EB-2s Dates of Filing also progressedto December 1, 2014. All other Indianand Chinese EB-1, 2 and 3 dates remained as they were in April.
The news remained positive for Philippines and Worldwide EB-3,where dates held at Current.