Visa Bulletin / History / December 2021
December 2021 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the November 2021 bulletin, 3 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 3 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Other Workers China (+2 years); EB-2 India (+5 months); EB-2 China (+2 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 May 2012, EB-3 India 15 Jan 2012.
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 November 2021. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 May 2012▲ 5 months | 01 Jan 2019▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 15 Jan 2012 | 22 Mar 2018 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Jan 2012 | 01 Mar 2012▲ 2 years | — | Current | Current |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 01 Apr 2020 | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 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 | 08 Jul 2013▲ 6 months | 01 Apr 2019▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 22 Jan 2012 | 01 Apr 2018 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 22 Jan 2012 | 01 May 2015▲ 5 years | — | Current | Current |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 2021 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.