July 2021 Visa Bulletin
The Department of State has released the July 2021 Visa Bulletin for Employment and Family Based green card applications. To be eligible to file an adjustment of status application for July 2021, you must have a Priority Date that is earlier than the date listed on the chart here for your preference category and country. In the coming days, USCIS is expected to announce on its own Visa Bulletin web page the cutoff dates for acceptance of adjustment of status applications next month.
Highlights of the July 2021 Visa Bulletin:
EB-1 China and EB-1 India Final Action dates will remain current,
EB-2 China will advance by seven months to December 1, 2017,
EB-2 India will advance by six months to June 1, 2011,
EB-3 China will advance by four months to January 1, 2019, and
EB-3 India will advance by fourteen months to January 1, 2013.
EB-5 China (Non-Regional Center program) will advance by seven weeks, to November 8, 2015, and
EB-5 Vietnam will advance by almost two years to April 1, 2020
KEY TERMS
Priority Date (Employment-based): the date your immigrant petition (I-140 petition) was filed, or if you were subject to the PERM Labor Market Test process, the date the Labor Certification was filed with the Department of Labor.
Priority Date (Family-based): the date your immigrant petition (I-130 petition) was filed.
Preference Category (Employment-based): First Preference is EB-1 Priority Workers (i.e. Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researcher, or Multinational Manager petitions), Second Preference is EB-2 Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability; Third Preference is EB-3 Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers, Fourth Preference is Certain Special Immigrants, and Fifth Preference is EB-5 Employment Creation.
Preference Category (Family-based): First Preference is Unmarried Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens, Second Preference is Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents broken down to F2A (Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents) and F2B (Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older) of Permanent Residents), Third Preference is Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens, and Fourth Preference is Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens.
Country: This is the country of your birth, even if you have become a citizen in a different country.
