The April 2022 Visa Bulletin is out and it is the seventh Visa Bulletin
for the new fiscal year.
The biggest headline is the advancements of EB2 India by a full year in the filing
dates chart, which the State Department authorized in order to generate demand
and make use of the exceptionally high employment numbers this year.
In order to satisfy this demand, USCIS has also announced that both employment
based and family sponsored categories are to use the dates
for the filing chart for the April 2022 Visa Bulletin.
So stay tuned because we are going to take a look
at the movement in all the preference categories,
as well as predictions for future visa bulletins.
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With the exception of EB2 India in the filing dates chart,
we saw relatively little movement in other preference categories.
This is likely due to the fact that consular operations are limited
as COVID 19 public health measures remain in place around the world,
which are contributing to the mounting visa backlog slowing down processing
times.
Fortunately, Congress recently passed a bill
designed to reduce the backlog, which we'll discuss in just a moment.
Starting with the family sponsored dates for filing chart, we saw F1 Mexico
move forward one month from April 1st 2001 to May 1st 2001.
All F2A categories advance almost four months and are now current.
Keep watching to learn what exactly this means.
F3 Philippines advanced about one month to November 8, 2003.
F4 India moved forward almost two months from Jan
1, 2006 to February 22, 2006.
F4 Mexico advanced more than three months from September
1, 2000 to December 22, 2000.
And F4 Philippines advanced more than two months from February
1st 2004 to April 22, 2004.
Next let's take a look at movement in the family sponsored final action dates.
F1 Mexico move forward about four months
from September 8, 1999 to January 1, 2000.
F2B Mexico also moved four months
from September 1, 2000 to January 1, 2001.
And F4 Mexico advanced more than eight months from
April 22, 1999 to January 1, 2000.
Turning to employment dates in the dates for filing chart we saw EB2 India advance
by an entire year from September 1, 2013 to September 1, 2014.
Again this is being done to ensure the State Department doesn't waste
the high number of employment green cards like they did last fiscal year.
Apart from EB2 India,
the only other movement we saw was in the China Other Workers category,
which moved forward one month from July 1, 2015 to August 1, 2015.
In the employment based final action dates chart, we saw EB2 India move forward
about two months from May 1, 2013 to July 8, 2013.
And the China other workers category advanced
one month from May 1, 2012 to June 1, 2012.
So what can we expect for the visa bulletin in the coming months?
It is unlikely that we will see much movement in the family
sponsored categories but we might continue seeing advancements in EB1
and EB2 as USCIS tries to process all the available numbers this year.
We may also see EB three China and India stay where they are or even retrogress
in the coming months.
And the high use number in the EB3 other workers category might require
a worldwide final action date as early as June in order to keep
no use within the maximum allowed this fiscal year.
The family-based second preference category is current, but might not remain
so, which means FB-2A applicants should consider filing their I-485
adjustment of status as soon as possible in case a cutoff date is introduced
in next month's visa bulletin.
Because of the omnibus appropriations bill passed by Congress, future
visa bulletins will also resume listing dates for the EB five
Regional Center program,
which should become current for all countries except China,
which will be subject to the final action date of November 22, 2015.
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