The March 2022 visa bulletin is out
and there is very little movement in most categories.
We did see some significant movement in the EB2 category for India
and in filing dates for Mexico family-based visas in every category.
Stay tuned because we are going to take a look
at what moved and what predictions for the coming months,
including the possibility for retrogression in certain categories are.
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Before we look at this month's movement, which chart has USCIS
instructed you to use?
For the F2A category,
the category is current on the final action dates, so USCIS
announced that applicants in this category may file using the final action dates.
However, all other family based categories must use the dates for filing chart.
For employment based preference categories, applicants
should continue to use the dates for filing chart this month.
So what movement did we see in the March Visa Bulletin?
Let's start with family based categories.
Like last month, we did not see any movement in final action dates.
The F2A category remains current, and you can see that the date
for all other categories remains the same as last month.
Looking at the filing dates chart, the F2A category for all areas
moved forward two months to December 1st 2021, but as I mentioned,
because these final action dates are current,
people in this category are now able to file their applications.
The rest of the movement we saw for family based filing
dates were in Mexico's preference categories.
F1 moved forward two months and F2B
one month, both to April 1st 2001.
The F3 category advance to five months to March 1, 2001
and F4 advanced a full year to September 1, 2000.
All other filing dates remain the same as last month.
Next, let's take a look at the employment based categories.
Again, there was very little movement, so I will just mention the categories
that changed.
The final action dates for EB2 India had the most significant
advancement, moving forward four months to May 1, 2013.
EB 34 other workers in China advanced one month
to May 1, 2021 and the IB four for El Salvador,
Guatemala and Honduras retrogressed
almost two years back to May 1, 2017.
If we look at the employment based dates for filing chart,
we see many of the dates still remain current.
The EB3 other workers category for China advanced
one month to July 1, 2015 and the EB4 categories
for El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras also retrogressed
almost two years, moving back to June 15, 2017.
This is very important for the SIJS or
special immigrant juvenile status applicants.
We did not see much movement this month,
but what can we expect to see in future visa bulletins?
We are still waiting to hear who will replace Charlie Oppenheim
as the chief of the Immigrant
Visa Control and reporting, and when the Bureau of Consular Affairs
will resume giving monthly visa bulletin live streams on YouTube.
There isn't a lot of information about what
to expect in the second half of fiscal year 2022,
but there are a couple of predictions to report.
First, it may be necessary to establish China EB5
non-regional center final action dates and dates for filing cutoffs
as soon as next month, which would end the recent streak
of the category remaining current.
Also, if there is sufficient demand in the EB5 category in the coming weeks,
it is predicted that the EB2 category for India may require
corrective action, meaning a retrogression in that category as well.
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