April 2022 visa bulletin predictions trackitt

Application Final Action Dates April 2022

Shown below are the visa bulletin cutoff dates for the last 12 months from today. To keep track of activity around your priority date, subscribe to the Green Card Dashboard.


CategoryCutoff Date
(April 2022 Visa Bulletin)
Cutoff Date
(Previous Bulletin)
EB2 China 01 March 2019  01 March 2019
EB2 India 08 July 2013  01 May 2013
EB3 China 22 March 2018  22 March 2018
EB3 India 15 January 2012  15 January 2012
EB3 Mexico Current 
EB3 Philippines Current 
EB3 ROW Current 

Employment-Based Visa Bulletin Cutoff Dates for Last 12 Months

For official October 2022 Visa Bulletin and Analysis, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2022/visa-bulletin-october-2022.aspx

Please see December 2022 Visa Bulletin Predictions below (for both Family Based and Employment Based categories for all countries):

Family Based:

Final Action Dates

Dates For Filing Applications

"Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date.

Family-
Sponsored
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-mainland
born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
F1 08APR15 08APR15 08APR15 01JUN00 08JUN12
F2A C C C C C
F2B 15DEC15 15DEC15 15DEC15 08JUN01 01JAN12
F3 01JAN09 01JAN09 01JAN09 08NOV97 01AUG02
F4 01MAY07 01MAY07 01NOV05 01SEP00 22OCT02

"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date.

Family-
Sponsored
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-mainland
born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
F1 22AUG16 22AUG16 22AUG16 01MAR02 01AUG15
F2A C C C C C
F2B 22JAN17 22JAN17 22JAN17 01OCT01 08DEC13
F3 22NOV09 22NOV09 22NOV09 22MAY01 01JAN04
F4 01FEB08 01FEB08 08APR06 08JUL01 08MAY04

Employment Based:

Final Action Dates

Dates For Filing Applications

"Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date.

Employment-
based
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-
mainland 
born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st C C C C C
2nd C 15JUL19 22APR12 C C
3rd C 01JUL18 15APR12 C C
Other Workers C TBD 15APR12 C C
4th C C C 15OCT20 C
Certain Religious Workers C C C 15OCT20 C
5th
Non-Regional
Center
(C5 and T5)
C C C C C
5th
Regional
Center
(I5 and R5)
C C C C C

"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date.

Employment-
based
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-
mainland 
born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st C C C C C
2nd C 08AUG19 22JUN12 C C
3rd C 01AUG18 01AUG12 C C
Other Workers C TBD 01AUG12 C C
4th C C C 08DEC20 C
Certain Religious Workers C C C 08DEC20 C
5th
Non-Regional
Center
(C5 and T5)
C C C C C
5th
Regional
Center
(I5 and R5)
C C C C C

The dates above have been calculated from data provided by USCIS/DOS. It does not include future demand (which can increase or decrease anytime). Hence data will keep changing every month. We will update these tables as we get more data from USCIS or DOS.

Similar to EB3 category movement, we have previously added a blog post for EB2 category forward movement. Please click here for FB category.

If you have not done it, please remember to add or update your I-130 / NVC / I-140 / I-485 case in the free GC tracker (which has thousands of cases): https://www.mygcvisa.com/ tracker/

It would be very useful to understand how USCIS is currently processing these cases in each category. It would also help in estimating date movements in future visa bulletin.

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Current Step: If your priority date is not current, then you can calculate when it may become current, check your case status, case processing time, etc: https://www.mygcvisa.com/calculator

Next Steps: If priority date is current and

1. If applicant is inside US, they will have to file I-485: https://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/04/how-to-file-i-485-application.html

2. If applicant is outside US, it will be sent to NVC: https://www.mygcvisa.com/nvc/overview-after-nvc-petition-approved.aspx

Recommended Reading:

  • Frequently Asked Questions: USCIS Visa Bulletin
  • Frequently Asked Questions: I-485 Pending Inventory

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