Visa Bulletin / History / August 2021
August 2021 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the July 2021 bulletin, 5 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 5 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 India (+6 months); EB-3 Other Workers India (+6 months); EB-2 China (+4 months); EB-3 Other Workers China (+31 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Jun 2011, EB-3 India 01 Jul 2013.
Written automatically from the bulletin dates below; nothing here is a prediction. Not legal advice. Months marked Secondary come from a dataset scraped from the official bulletins and are being checked; the official bulletin always wins.
Released in July 2021. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Jun 2011 | 01 Apr 2018▲ 4 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jul 2013▲ 6 months | 08 Jan 2019▲ 7 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jul 2013▲ 6 months | 01 Jan 2010▲ 31 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 01 Feb 2020 | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jul 2021 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.
Dates for Filing
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Dec 2011 | 01 Jul 2018 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Feb 2014 | 01 Jul 2019 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Feb 2014 | 01 May 2010 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jul 2021 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.