Hello, everybody. In this video, we'll give you a detailed update of the August 2021 visa
bulletin. Not too much movement, but definitely a few interesting things that I want to talk about.
So make sure you watch this video all the way through the end. So,
what are you waiting for? I'll see you on the other side.
Hello, everybody. Welcome back to our immigration channel. This is a place where you get the most up
to date, immigration news, immigration updates, and everything else that you need to know
to make your immigration journey less stressful. My name is Jacob Sapochnik. And I'm an immigration
attorney helping clients in all 50 states. In this video, just like every month, we're going
to dive deep into the August 2021 visa bulletin. This month, we didn't have too much movement. But
there are a few things that it's important to talk about, as it is going to give us an
indication of what's going to happen next month and all the way through the end of the year that
ends in September 2021. Also today, July 19, the State Department is going to issue its monthly
YouTube Live series where Charlie Oppenheim, the chief of the visa control unit will provide
even further predictions which will summarize and provide a video update for you next week,
as we always do. So what's in the August 2021 visa bulletin. First of all, the USCIS just announced
that it's going to honor the final action dates for all employment-based cases. So for people
that are just in the status from inside the United States, the chart that USCIS is going to be using
his final action dates, just like the previous month. For family-based categories,
USCIS announced that for F2A applications, they can use the final action chart while filing their
adjustment of status from inside the United States. For all other family-based categories,
You have to use the dates for finding a chart once again, just like in the previous month. So let's
jump right into family-based categories and start with the final action dates chart. In summary, in
most family-based categories, we've seen a slight movement forward in the F1 category priority dates
moved forward by seven days. For most categories. The priority date for Mexican nationals actually
advanced by three months forward and the priority date for nationals of the Philippines advanced
forward by eight days only to the F2A category that remains current for all nationalities
and it will remain current throughout the end of the year. In the F2B category,
this category advanced by seven days for most nationals. F2B for Mexicans advanced by one month,
F2B for Mexican nationals advanced by one month in the current visa bulletin,
and nationals of the Philippines movement of only seven days in this bulletin. For the F3 category,
once again, we've seen a movement of seven days for most nationals. The priority date in the F3
category for Mexican nationals advanced by one month. And for nationals of the Philippines
category, F3 remained the same as the previous month. Finally, for the F4 category, we've seen an
advancement of 21 days from nationals of India so the movement of 17 days forward, and nationals of
Mexico see the advance of about one month forward. So let's jump into the family-based categories.
The actual chart final action dates we're going to focus in this video on the final action date chart
only. So if you're looking at the family-based visa categories, we're looking at final action
dates family base, we started with the F1 category worldwide, Mexico is on January 1, 1999.
We've seen a movement of three months forward from the previous month. Philippines March 1,
2012, eight-day movement from the previous month. F2A category worldwide is current. F2B worldwide
is September 22, 2015. Except Mexico is now at March 1, 2000. We can see one-month advancement
from the previous month. Philippines October 22, 2011. This is a seven-day movement forward
from the previous month. Moving down to F3 worldwide. We are now at November 8, 2008.
Mexico is April 22, 1987. One month and 14 days forward from the previous month.
The Philippines as of June 8, 2002, is pretty much the same as the previous month. These are the
highlights for the F3 category F4 worldwide is set at March 1, 2007. Except for India is September 1,
2005. We have 17-day movement from the previous month and we should have been in Mexico is
now January 22, 1999, one month and seven days forward from the previous month. The Philippines
for category F4 is now set at August 8, 2002, one month and 17-day forward from the previous month.
Just to remind you guys, what are the different categories, F1 category is unmarried sons and
daughters of US citizens. So if that applies to you, you know exactly where to look at the chart
for your priority date. F2A, spouses, and children under 21 of permanent residence. That category
as I mentioned is current throughout the end of the year F2B category, unmarried adult children
over 21 of green card holders. F3 category, married sons and daughters of US citizens,
and F4 category, siblings of your citizens. Just by way of reminder to refresh your memory as to
what each category means for the visa bulletin. So let's move to the employment categories in
a moment. By way of summary. The EB1 category remains current for all nationalities including
India and China which is really exciting for a lot of our clients. The EB2 and EB3 categories
also remain open for most nationals, except for nationals of China in India as expected.
EB2 and EB3 for India and China will have a small movement forward in this visa bulletin.
Specifically, the EB3 category has a very significant moving forward for Indian
nationals. So let's look at the chart final action dates for employment-based categories.
Employment-based visa categories, EB1 worldwide is current and is expected to remain current
throughout the end of the year. EB2 worldwide is current except China is set at April 1, 2018.
Have seen four-month advancements from the previous month. India is said June 1, 2011,
remains the same as the previous month. EB3 is current worldwide, except for
China. China's stuck at January 8, 2019, seven-day advancement from the previous month. India,
July 1, 2013, six months advancement from the previous month. EB3 other workers with
the exception of China the cutoff date for EB3 other workers remain the same for each country
as its respective EB3 cut-off dates. For China, the cutoff date for EB3 other workers moved
to January 1, 2010. Employment base fourth preference cutoff date for EB4 Mexico,
no forward moment in August. EB4 cutoff date for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
moves ahead to January 1, 2018. This category remains current for all other countries in this
bulletin. Employment-based fifth preference EB5 for non-regional center cases EB5 China moves
to November 15, 2015. EB5 Vietnam is now current along with all other countries in this category.
For regional central cases, As you know this is now put on hold. And EB5 in this category is
listed unavailable with the letter U. So overall, We've definitely seen slight movement. It wasn't a
rapid movement, but definitely, we're moving forward, which is going to end this September.
We're also going to provide you with a further update after we gathered information from Charlie
Oppenheim’s YouTube live update today. And so we'll be able to pass that on to you.
But overall, as more embassies and consulates continue to slowly reopen and add more staff
and start taking more interviews, we're definitely going to see a positive impact on the visibility
and I remain optimistic as well. Once again, if you like this information, let me know in the
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