The Department of State has released the July Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. USCIS has advised that, in July 2021, it will continue to accept adjustment of status applications for employment-based petitions based on final action dates.
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 advance seven months to December 1, 2017 and EB-2 India will advance seven months to June 1, 2011. All EB-3 categories except India and China will remain current. EB-3 China will advance four months to January 1, 2019, and EB-3 India will advance over one year to January 1, 2013.
The EB-5 Regional Center program has not yet been reauthorized by Congress. As a result, this category will not be available for July 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 two months to November 18, 2015, and Vietnam, which will advance two years to April 15, 2020.
With respect to Application Filing Dates, EB-1 China and EB-1 India will remain current. EB-2 China will move forward six months to July 1, 2018. EB-3 China will move forward six months to July 1, 2019. EB-2 India will advance four months to December 1, 2011, and EB-3 India will advance one month to February 1, 2014. All other categories (with the exception of the “Other Workers”, EB-4 special immigrants, and “Certain Religious Workers” categories) will remain unchanged from June.