The Department of State has recently issued the November 2022 Visa Bulletin. This blog post analyzes this month’s Visa Bulletin.
Visa Bulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates — Applications withthese dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) orImmigrant Visa appointment.
|
EB |
Worldwide |
CHINA |
INDIA |
PHILIPPINES |
|
1st |
C |
C |
C |
C |
|
2nd |
C |
08JUN19 |
01APR12 |
C |
|
3rd |
C |
15JUN18 |
01APR12 |
C |
|
Other workers |
01JUN20 |
01SEP12 |
01APR12 |
01JUN20 |
Table B: Dates of Filing
The USCIS is using the Table B Dates of Filing chart for I-485employment-based filings. See: USCIS Visa Bulletin Dates
MU Law Analysis
All dates remained the same as in the October 2022 VisaBulletin. USCIS has stated that theUSCIS expects retrogression in India EB2 in the coming months due tohigh demand. It remains to be seen if IndiaEB-3 will also retrogress at some point.
The WW and Philippine EB-3 remaincurrent. We expect these categories to be current through the fiscal year.
EB-3 Other Workers, which is the category for occupationsthat require less than two years of education or experience to perform the job,remains retrogressed but did move forward from May 2019 to June 2020 forPhilippines and ROW. We do not expectfurther retrogression in these two categories.