The Department of State has released the September Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. USCIS has yet to confirm whether, in September 2022, it will accept adjustment of status applications for family- and employment-based petitions based on Dates for Filing or Final Action Dates.
With respect to Final Action Dates, all EB-1 categories will remain current. With the exception of India and China, all other EB-2 countries of chargeability will remain current. EB-2 China will remain the same with a Final Action Date of April 1, 2019, and EB-2 India will remain the same with a Final Action Date of December 1, 2014. All EB-3 categories except India and China will remain current. EB-3 China will remain at April 22, 2018, and EB-3 India will remain at February 15, 2012.
The Department of State has resumed processing visa applications based on approved EB-5 Preference Regional Center petitions that were filed with USCIS on or before June 30, 2021. The EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 is now in effect and has created two pools of visa numbers within the EB-5 category. One pool of numbers is ‘reserved’ for certain set-aside categories while the remaining available numbers remain ‘unreserved’. For final action dates, all EB-5 categories remain current except for EB-5 Unreserved (I5 and R5) China, which has a Final Action Date of December 22, 2015.
With respect to Application Filing Dates, all applicable EB categories will remain unchanged except for EB-3 India. EB-5 EB-5 Unreserved (I5 and R5) China will move forward one week to January 1, 2016.