Jan 21 2021
JANUARY 2021 VISA BULLETIN
The Department of State has released the January 2021 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here.
Note: USCIS has designated the Final Action Dates chart for employment-based adjustment of status applications and the Dates for Filing chart for family-sponsored adjustment of status applications within the U.S. for January 2021.
Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference categories this month:
Final Actions Dates for Employment-Based Preference Cases:
- EB1:
- EB1 China retrogressed and moved backwards 1 year and 2 months from 11/01/2020 to 09/01/2019.
- EB1 India retrogressed and moved backwards 1 year and 2 months 11/01/2020 to 09/01/2019.
- All other EB1 remain current.
- EB2:
- EB2 China retrogressed and moved backwards 4 months from 10/01/2016 to 06/01/2016.
- EB2 India retrogressed and moved backwards 1 year and 7 months from 05/15/2011 to 10/08/2009.
- All other EB2 remain current.
- EB3:
- EB3 China retrogressed and moved backwards 5 months and 2 weeks from 06/01/2018 to 12/15/2017.
- EB3 India retrogressed and moved backwards 3 years 9 months from 01/01/2014 to 03/22/2010.
- All other EB3 remain current.
- EB5:
- EB5 China retrogressed and moved backwards 4 months from 12/15/2015 to 08/15/2015.
- EB5 Vietnam retrogressed and moved backwards 3 years and 3 months from being current to 09/15/2017.
- All other EB5 remain current.
Below are some key changes for the family-sponsored categories this month:
Dates for Filing for Family-Sponsored Cases:
- F1:
- F1 for China and India remain at 07/22/2015.
- F1 Mexico remains at 02/22/2000.
- F1 Philippines remains at 10/08/2012.
- All other F1 remain at 07/22/2015.
- F2A: All F2A remain current. Although the Dates for Filing chart applies to family-sponsored categories, since the F2A category remains “current” on the Final Action Dates chart, F2A applicants may file using the Final Action Dates chart for January 2020 which is current.
- F2B:
- F2B for China and India remain at 05/01/2016.
- F2B Mexico remains at 12/01/1999.
- F2B Philippines remains at 04/01/2012.
- All other F2B remain at 05/01/2016.
- F3:
- F3 for China and India remain at 06/01/2009.
- F3 Mexico remains at 08/15/2000.
- F3 Philippines remains at 12/22/2002.
- All other F3 remain at 06/01/2009.
- F4:
- F4 China remains at 09/15/2007.
- F4 India remains at 11/22/2005.
- F4 Mexico remains at 04/22/1999.
- F4 Philippines remains at 09/01/2002.
- All other F4 remain at 09/15/2007.
Updated 01/20/2021