Visa Bulletin / History / January 2021
January 2021 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the December 2020 bulletin, 9 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 9 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-1 India (+5 months); EB-1 China (+5 months); EB-3 China (+44 days); EB-2 China (+31 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 08 Oct 2009, EB-3 India 22 Mar 2010.
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 December 2020. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Sep 2019▲ 5 months | 01 Sep 2019▲ 5 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 08 Oct 2009▲ 7 days | 01 Jun 2016▲ 31 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 22 Mar 2010▲ 7 days | 15 Dec 2017▲ 44 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 22 Mar 2010▲ 7 days | 01 Mar 2009▲ 14 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 01 Dec 2018▲ 9 days | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Dec 2020 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.
Dates for Filing
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Nov 2020 | 01 Nov 2020 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 15 May 2011 | 01 Oct 2016 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jan 2014 | 01 Jun 2018 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jan 2014 | 01 Jul 2009▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Dec 2020 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.