In this video, we’ll provide very important information regarding what to expect in terms
of movement or retrogression in the family-based categories, and also in the employment-based
categories. And this is based on a q&a session that the Department of State releases every
month with the Chief of the Immigrant Visa Control, Charlie Oppenheim, analyze it, and
give you the most important points that will pertain to your specific case. So, what are
you waiting for? I'll see you on the other side. Hello, everybody, and welcome back to
our Immigration channel. This is the place where we get the most up-to-date immigration
information, immigration news, and everything else that you need to make your immigration
journey less stressful. My name is Jacob Sapochnick, and I'm an immigration attorney located in
San Diego, California, and I help clients in all 50 states. In this video, we'll talk
about the June 2021 visa bulletin predictions in the following months, July, August, as
to what's going to happen in employment and family-based categories with respect to movement
or retrogression. In the YouTube Live that took place last week, the chief of the immigrant
visa control unit, Charlie Oppenheim gave some very interesting insights and predictions,
and I'm going to talk about the most important one as it pertains to you. Everybody is worried
about retrogression on visa numbers and moving back in the visa bulletin coming in the next
few months. So, I'll make sure to give you the details about that as well. So, make sure
you stick to the end of this video as I hit all the key points that were presented by
the State Department. So, when the broadcast started, the first question that was asked,
which is really important, is the following. Do you expect that FY 2021, family-sponsored
and employment-based categories annual limits will be reached? So, let's watch what Charlie
had to say about this question. Of the probably 400 to 500 advanced questions
which we did receive this was the number one question. And no, we did not believe that,
based on the implications of the COVID-19 situation and other issues which have impacted
processing since October, we do not expect that those limits will be reached. The processing
of cases at our overseas post has resumed in recent months. But we're still not at the
normal processing levels. And my guess is that the USCIS offices are facing the same
processing issues.So, as you can see from Charlie’s response, we don't think that
the annual limits will be reached anytime soon. And again, this is because embassies
and consulates are finally starting to resume operations. And hopefully, it's going to continue
to progress in this way in the next few months as well. What do you expect the Fiscal Year
2022 family-sponsored and employment-based annual limits will be? So, the family-based
and employment-based limits are actually set by the Immigration and Nationality Act. It's
all in the code. The family annual limit is going to be 226,000. Again, as in previous
years, it has been that same amount since the year 2000. For the employment-based categories,
the limit will be set to 290,000 for 2022. And this will be another all-time high for
employment-based category visas. Next topic. Do you expect that the worldwide family preference
dates will continue to advance through September as well? So, originally, it was expected that
the family-based preference numbers will slow down or completely stop during the summer.
But based on changing conditions at US embassies and consulates overseas, there is an excellent
chance that the State Department will continue to advance the family-based numbers all the
way through summer through September as well. And again, these are based on the predictions
of Charlie at his most recent live broadcast, his topic, which countries typically use the
majority of the employment-based visa numbers. Why don't you take a guess? Well, China and
India typically use the majority of the employment-based visa numbers. The reason behind that is because
applicants from China and India usually have the earliest priority dates. And so, if there
are unused numbers under any limits, those are typically made available for applicants
with the lowest priority dates, in this case, China and India in the EB2 and EB3 preference
categories. Do you expect any of the final action dates to be retrogressed? The good
news is that Charlie Oppenheim said that, no, don't expect any of the family-based categories
or the employment-based categories to retrogress in 2021 or even in 2022. And visa retrogression
essentially means that there are more applicants for a certain visa category than there are
visas available at that particular month. So, again, we don't expect that to happen
anytime soon in 2021, or 2022. What is expected, actually, to happen? So, instead of having
retrogression, a lot of the family visa categories will just be held so they may be stuck for
a while. And this will depend on the process and the progress of embassies and consulates
worldwide, with their catch-up on visa interviews and processing Immigrant Visas at a different
post worldwide. Do you expect any of the DV 2021 ranked candidates to be retrogressed?
So, based on the State Department's announcement, no, the DV 2021 rank candidates will not retrogress
according to the State Department announcement, they remain current throughout the DV 2021
program. How much movement can we see with the EB3 category in the July visa bulletin?
So, once again, according to the State Department announcement, and what Charlie said in that
live stream, there's going to be a very aggressive movement in all EB categories and specifically
in the EB three. So, with the exception of China, EB5, we're going to see a very aggressive
movement forward in the July visa bulletin and August visa bulletin for all EB categories,
which is great news for all of us. As you can see, there's some good news in the June
2021 visa bulletin, and good predictions for July and August and all through summer, a
very aggressive movement in all categories, family, and employment, and no retrogression
are expected. So, we'll continue to make these updates as soon as we get more information
from the State Department. But overall, really good news throughout the rest of the year.
And I know that many of you have questions about the predictions, and we'll keep doing
them every single month. So, if you have any questions, post them in the comments below.
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