AUGUST 2021 VISA BULLETIN: ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS

AUGUST 2021 VISA BULLETIN: ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS

The Department of State has just issued August Visa Bulletin.  This is the eleventh 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.

EB	All Other	CHINA	INDIA	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	C	C	C
2nd	C	1-Apr-18	1-Jun-11	C
3rd	C	8-Jan-19	1-Jul-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.

EB-1 remains current for all categories.  This will certainly be the case for the rest of the fiscal year.  India EB-2 did not move, which shows that the demand for this category remains strong.  On the other hand, India EB-3 moved ahead by six months in spite of widespread reports of downgrades from EB-2 to EB-3.  This could mean that the reports are overblown.

China EB-2 showed a four month advancement, but EB-3 only advanced one week, a reverse of the situation for the Indian categories.