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Visa Bulletin / History / September 2021

September 2021 Visa Bulletin: what changed

Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin

Compared with the August 2021 bulletin, 6 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 6 moved forward and 0 moved back.

Biggest moves forward: EB-3 India (+6 months); EB-3 Other Workers India (+6 months); EB-2 India (+3 months); EB-2 China (+3 months).

For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Sep 2011, EB-3 India 01 Jan 2014.

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 August 2021. Official bulletin page.

Final Action Dates

CategoryIndiaChinaRest of worldMexicoPhilippines
EB-1 CurrentCurrent—CurrentCurrent
EB-2 01 Sep 2011▲ 3 months01 Jul 2018▲ 3 months—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 01 Jan 2014▲ 6 months08 Jan 2019—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 Other Workers 01 Jan 2014▲ 6 months01 Feb 2010▲ 31 days—CurrentCurrent
EB-4 CurrentCurrent—01 Mar 2020▲ 29 daysCurrent
EB-5 unreserved —————

▲ ▼ movement since the Aug 2021 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.

Dates for Filing

CategoryIndiaChinaRest of worldMexicoPhilippines
EB-1 CurrentCurrent—CurrentCurrent
EB-2 01 Dec 201101 Sep 2018▲ 2 months—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 01 Mar 2014▲ 28 days01 Jul 2019—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 Other Workers 01 Mar 2014▲ 28 days01 May 2010—CurrentCurrent
EB-4 CurrentCurrent—CurrentCurrent
EB-5 unreserved —————

▲ ▼ movement since the Aug 2021 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.