The Department of State has just issued the November 2020 Visa Bulletin. This is the second Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2021. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin.
November 2020 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.
|
Employment- |
All Other |
CHINA |
INDIA |
PHILIPPINES |
|
1st |
C |
01DEC18 |
01DEC18 |
C |
|
2nd |
C |
22APR16 |
22SEP09 |
C |
|
3rd |
C |
01OCT17 |
01MAR10 |
C |
Table B: Dates of Filing
Importantly, the USCIS announced that it will allow the more favorable Date of Filing chart for I-485 Adjustment of Status. This means that all employment-based immigrants in EB-1, EB-2 or EB-3 can file their I-485s starting October 1, 2020. However, if they are natives of India or China, their priority date must be earlier than these dates:
|
Employment Based |
CHINA-mainland |
INDIA |
|
1st |
1-Sep-20 |
1-Sep-20 |
|
2nd |
1-Oct-16 |
15-May-11 |
|
3rd |
1-Jun-18 |
1-Jan-15 |
|
Other Workers |
1-May-09 |
1-Jan-15 |
For reasons that remain unclear the Department of State held back on publishing this Visa Bulletin about 2 weeks longer than usual. Nevertheless, the Visa Bulletin showed continued positive trends.
Both the Philippines and
Worldwide (All Other) EB-3 continue to be current. We expect these categories to stay current
for the foreseeable future. The only
constraint to the Philippine EB-3 visas being issued is the capacity at the
Embassy in Manila. It remains to be seen
how increasing COVID infection rates bear on embassies capacities.
The good news extended to India. India EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 all moved
forward, ranging from several weeks to several months in all of these
categories. Similarly, China EB-1,
EB-2 and EB-3 all moved forward at about the same rates as India.
MU expects that future Visa
Bulletins will continue to have positive news, including continued forward
progression in the Chinese and Indian categories. We also expect the Philippine and Worldwide
categories will remain current for the foreseeable future.
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