The Department of State
recently issued the April 2023 Visa Bulletin. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa
Bulletin.
Visa Bulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates -- Applications with these
dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or
Immigrant Visa appointment.
EB
|
All Other
|
CHINA
|
INDIA
|
PHILIPPINES
|
1st
|
C
|
01FEB22
|
01FEB22
|
C
|
2nd
|
01JUL22
|
08JUN19
|
01JAN11
|
01JUL22
|
3rd
|
C
|
01NOV18
|
15JUN12
|
C
|
Other workers
|
01JAN20
|
01OCT14
|
15JUN12
|
01JAN20
|
Table B: Dates of Filing
The USCIS will be using Table A: Final Action
Dates chart for I-485 employment-based filings. A beneficiary must be current
on the above Table A chart in order to file their I-485, Adjustment of Status
applications. See: USCIS Visa Bulletin
Dates
MU Law Analysis
This month again there was
good news and bad news for the retrogressed EB-2 and EB-3 categories.
There was a retrogression in all
categories of EB-2 except China due to high demand. Philippine
and ROW retrogressed by four months whereas India unexpectedly
retrogressed by nine months.
The news
remains positive for Philippine and Worldwide EB-3, where dates held at
Current. China EB-3 progressed three months, which was
unexpected, good news.
Increased demand in the Employment
Third category may necessitate the establishment of a worldwide final action
date (including Mexico and Philippines) in the coming months. This means that
all EB-3 categories are expected to retrogress by the end of the fiscal year.
EB-3 Other
Workers, which is the category for occupations such as Nurse Aides, remains
retrogressed but held steady to January 2020 for Philippine and
ROW.