State Department January 2022 Visa Bulletin Summary

The Department of State has released the January Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. USCIS has confirmed that  in January 2022, it will accept adjustment of status applications for family- and 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 three weeks to January 22, 2019 and EB-2 India will move forward just over three months to July 8, 2012. All EB-3 categories except India and China will remain current. EB-3 China will remain at March 22, 2018 and EB-3 India will remain at January 15, 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 will become  current for all countries of chargeability. 

With respect to Application Filing Dates, all categories will remain unchanged from December except EB-5 China non-regional center, which will become current.