United States: August 2022 Visa Bulletin – Modest Advancement in EB-3 India and China

According to the State Department’s August Visa Bulletin, Final Action cutoff dates for issuance of an immigrant visa will be as follows: 

• EB-1: All countries, including India and China, will remain current.
• EB-2: India and China remain unchanged, at December 1, 2014, and April 1, 2019, respectively. All other countries will remain current.
• EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers: India and China will each advance one month, to February 15, 2012, and April 22, 2018, respectively. All other countries will remain current.
• EB-3 Other Workers: The worldwide cutoff date will remain at May 8, 2019. India will advance by one month, to February 15, 2012, and China will remain unchanged at June 1, 2012.
• EB-5: The Final Action cutoff date for the EB-5 China Unreserved categories (C5, T5, I5, and R5) will remain at November 22, 2015. EB-5 Final Action dates will remain current for all other countries and for all EB-5 “Set-Aside” categories (Rural, High Unemployment, and Infrastructure).

On the Dates for Filing chart, EB-3 India will advance one month, to February 22, 2012, EB-3 China will advance almost two months, to May 22, 2018, and EB-5 China Unreserved (C5, T5, I5, and R5) will advance one week, to December 22, 2015.

In the coming days, USCIS is expected to announce on its own Visa Bulletin web page the cutoff dates for acceptance of adjustment of status applications next month. That announcement will clarify whether USCIS will accept adjustment of status applications based on the Final Action dates chart or the Dates for Filing chart.