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Jan 10, 2022

December 2021 Visa Bulletin

Visa Bulletin

Number 60 – Volume X

Washington, D.C.

DECEMBER 2021

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has indicated at www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo that it will use the charts below to determine who may file applications for adjustment of status (Form I-485) with USCIS during the month of December.  Only applicants with Priority Dates earlier than the cut-off dates listed below may file their I-485 adjustment of status applications with USCIS during December.

 

Family-
Sponsored

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

F1

15MAY16

15MAY16

15MAY16

01DEC00

22APR15

F2A

C

C

C

C

C

F2B

22SEP16

22SEP16

22SEP16

01JAN01

01OCT13

F3

22AUG09

22AUG09

22AUG09

08SEP00

01OCT03

F4

01OCT07

01OCT07

01JAN06

01AUG99

01FEB04

 

Employment-
Based

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

C

C

C

C

C

2nd

C

01APR19

C

08JUL13

C

C

3rd

C

01APR18

C

22JAN12

C

C

Other Workers

C

01MAY15

C

22JAN12

C

C

4th

C

C

15MAY19

C

C

C

Certain Religious Workers

C

C

15MAY19

C

C

C

5th Non-Regional Center

C

C

C

C

C

C

5thRegional Center

Not Accepted

Not Accepted

Not Accepted

Not Accepted

Not Accepted

Not Accepted

 

“C” = Current. No queue or backlog in this visa category at this time.

“U” = Unavailable. No visas available in this category at this time.

 

Excerpted from  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2021/visa-bulletin-for-December-2021.html

FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES

First: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens: 23,400 plus any numbers not required for fourth preference.

Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents: 114,200, plus the number (if any) by which the worldwide family preference level exceeds 226,000, and any unused first preference numbers:

A. Spouses and Children: 77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;

B. Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older): 23% of the overall second preference limitation.

Third: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens: 23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.

Fourth: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens: 65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.

EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES

First: Priority Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth preferences.

Second: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required by first preference.

Third: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide level, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences, not more than 10,000 of which to "Other Workers".

Fourth: Certain Special Immigrants: 7.1% of the worldwide level.

Fifth: Employment Creation: 7.1% of the worldwide level, not less than 3,000 of which reserved for investors in a targeted rural or high-unemployment area, and 3,000 set aside for investors in regional centers by Sec. 610 of P.L. 102-395.

 

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