The Department of State has justissued the September 2022 Visa Bulletin. This is the eleventh Visa Bulletin of FiscalYear 2022. This blog post analyzes this month’s Visa Bulletin.
Visa Bulletin
Table A: FinalAction Dates — Applications with these dates may be approved for their GreenCard (Permanent Residency card) 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 |
15FEB12 |
08MAY19 |
Table B: Datesof Filing
The USCIS is expected to use theTable B Dates of Filing chart for I-485 employment-based filings. See: USCIS Visa Bulletin Dates
MU Law Analysis
As is often the case toward theend of the fiscal year, there was not much movement as the USCIS and DOS seekto use the remaining visas in the fiscal year. We are repeating the samemessage as last month.
EB-3 OtherWorkers, which is the category for occupations that require less than two yearsof education or experience to perform the job, remains retrogressed to08May2019. This date will not advanceuntil October 1, 2022, with the start of the new fiscal year.
The India and China EB-2 categoriesremain unchanged. EB-3 India and EB-3China advanced one month each.
The WW and Philippine EB-3remained current. We may see a retrogression of WW and Philippine EB-3 beforethe end of the fiscal year, once the full allotment of visas is exhausted. Thisis common, and nothing to be too concerned about, as we have explained in the past.