JULY 2021 VISA BULLETIN: ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS

The Department of State has just issued the July 2020 Visa Bulletin.  This is the tenth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2021. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin.

Visa Bulletin

Table A: Final Action Dates -- Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.

Employment	All Chargeability	CHINA	INDIA	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	C	C	C
2nd	C	1-Dec-17	1-Jun-11	C
3rd	C	1-Jan-19	1-Jan-13	C

Table B: Dates of Filing

The USCIS will be using the Table A: Final Action Dates chart for I-485 employment-based filings. A beneficiary must be current on the above Table A chart in order to file their I-485, Adjustment of Status applications.  USCIS Visa Bulletin Dates

MU Law Analysis

Both the Philippines and Worldwide (All Other) EB-3 continue to be current. Our opinion remains that these categories will stay current for the foreseeable future and into 2022.

India EB-1 remains current, which continues to lead to extra visas will flowing down to India EB2 and EB3.  India EB-2 again moved ahead, this time by 6 months, a positive trend that has continued and can be expected to continue.  Similarly, India EB-3 leapt ahead 14 months.  We will see favorable processing times for the rest of 2021 and into 2022.

China EB-2 and EB-3 again both moved forward by seven and four months, respectively.  This trend should continue into 2022.  China EB-1 remains current.