The Department of State has released the October Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. USCIS has advised that, in October 2021, it will accept adjustment of status applications for employment-based petitions based on Dates for Filing.
With respect to Final Action Dates, EB-1 China and EB-1 India will both remain current. With the exception of India and China, all other EB-2 countries of chargeability will remain current. EB-2 China will remain unchanged at July 1, 2018 and EB-2 India will remain unchanged at September 1, 2011. All EB-3 categories except India and China will remain current. EB-3 China will remain at January 8, 2019, and EB-3 India will remain at January 1, 2014.
The EB-5 Regional Center program has not been reauthorized by Congress. As a result, this category will not be available for September 2021. Final action dates for the EB-5 Non-Regional Center program remain current for all countries of chargeability except China, which will remain at November 15, 2015, and Vietnam, which will remain current.
With respect to Application Filing Dates, all categories will remain unchanged from September except EB-3 China, which retrogresses over five months to January 15, 2019. EB-2 India advances over seven months to July 8, 2012, and EB-3 India and “Other Workers” retrogress over two months to January 8, 2014.