greencardline

Visa Bulletin /

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN

October 2021

Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for October 2021. Changes are against September 2021.

What changed from September 2021

Final Action Dates: 0 moved forward, 0 moved back

No Final Action Dates changed from September 2021.

Dates for Filing: 1 moved forward, 3 moved back

Compared cell by cell with the September 2021 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (73 Final Action cells this month). "Advanced" means the published date moved later; "retrogressed" means it moved earlier. This is a description of the two published bulletins, not a forecast.

The October 2021 charts

Final Action Dates — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F101 DEC 2014no change01 DEC 2014no change01 DEC 2014no change15 JAN 1999no change01 MAR 2012no change
F2ACURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
F2B22 SEP 2015no change22 SEP 2015no change22 SEP 2015no change15 MAR 2000no change22 OCT 2011no change
F322 NOV 2008no change22 NOV 2008no change22 NOV 2008no change15 MAY 1997no change08 JUN 2002no change
F422 MAR 2007no change22 MAR 2007no change15 SEP 2005no change08 FEB 1999no change22 AUG 2002no change
Final Action Dates — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-2CURRENTno change01 JUL 2018no change01 SEP 2011no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-3CURRENTno change08 JAN 2019no change01 JAN 2014no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-3 Other WorkersCURRENTno change01 FEB 2010no change01 JAN 2014no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-4CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change01 MAR 2020no changeCURRENTno change
EB-5CURRENTno change22 NOV 2015no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
Dates for Filing — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F115 MAY 2016no change15 MAY 2016no change15 MAY 2016no change01 AUG 2000no change22 APR 2015no change
F2A01 JUN 2021no change01 JUN 2021no change01 JUN 2021no change01 JUN 2021no change01 JUN 2021no change
F2B22 SEP 2016no change22 SEP 2016no change22 SEP 2016no change01 OCT 2000no change01 OCT 2013no change
F322 AUG 2009no change22 AUG 2009no change22 AUG 2009no change08 SEP 2000no change01 OCT 2003no change
F401 OCT 2007no change01 OCT 2007no change01 JAN 2006no change01 JUN 1999no change01 FEB 2004no change
Dates for Filing — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-2CURRENTno change01 SEP 2018no change08 JUL 2012+7 moCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-3CURRENTno change15 JAN 2019−5 mo08 JAN 2014−52 dCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-3 Other WorkersCURRENTno change01 MAY 2010no change08 JAN 2014−52 dCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-4CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-5CURRENTno change15 DEC 2015no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change

Source: Visa Bulletin for October 2021, U.S. Department of State. Archived October 17, 2026. The bulletin also contains notes, diversity-visa numbers and categories not shown here; read the full bulletin at the source.

← September 2021 · November 2021 →