United States: April 2022 Visa Bulletin Update – USCIS to Honor Filing Dates for Employment-Based Categories
March 17, 2022
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Next month, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from foreign nationals with a priority date that is earlier than the Dates for Filing listed in the State Department’s April 2022 Visa Bulletin.
Employment-Based Priority Date Cutoffs for April 2022
To be eligible to file an employment-based adjustment application in April, employer-sponsored foreign nationals must have a priority date that is earlier than the date listed below for their preference category and country.
USCIS has again chosen the Dates for Filing chart for employment-based applications.
USCIS Cutoff Dates for April 2022
EB-1
China: Current
India: Current
All other countries: Current
EB-2
China: April 1, 2019
India: September 1, 2014
All other countries: Current
EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers
China: April 1, 2018
India: January 22, 2012
All other countries: Current
EB-3 Other Workers
China: August 1, 2015
India: January 22, 2012
All other countries: Current
EB-4
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras: June 1, 2017 (as stated in the State Department’s April 2022 Visa Bulletin. State Department and USCIS websites contain erroneous date.)
Mexico: Current
All other countries: Current
EB-5
China: Current (Non-Regional Center); December 15, 2015 (Regional Center)*
All other countries: Current*
*Regional Center program expired on June 30, 2021 and was reauthorized and revised on March 15, 2022. USCIS is expected to issue guidance in connection with the new version of the program.
This alert is for informational purposes only. If you have any questions, please contact the immigration professional with whom you work at Fragomen.
