The Department of State has released the November Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. USCIS has advised that, in November 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 move forward over four months to November 15, 2018 and EB-2 India will move forward three months to December 1, 2011. All EB-3 categories except India and China will remain current. EB-3 China will retrogress over nine months to March 22, 2018 and EB-3 India will retrogress almost two years to January 5, 2012.
The EB-5 Regional Center program has not been reauthorized by Congress. As a result, this category will not be available for November 2021. Final action dates for the EB-5 Non-Regional Center program remain current for all countries of chargeability except China, which will move forward one week to November 22, 2015.
With respect to Application Filing Dates, all categories will remain unchanged from September except EB-2 and EB-3 for both China and India. EB-2 China will move forward five months to February 1, 2019. EB-2 India advances six months January 8, 2013. EB-3 China retrogresses nine months to April 1, 2018, and EB-3 India and “Other Workers” India both retrogress almost two years to January 22, 2012.