The Final Action Dates for next month are as follows:
EB-1: All countries of chargeability will remain current.
EB-2: All countries of chargeability expect the People’s Republic of China (“China”) and India will remain current. China’s cut-off date will advance to June 8, 2019, while India’s cut-off date will retrogress to April 1, 2012.
EB-3 Professional and Skilled Workers: All countries of chargeability except China and India remain current. China’s cut-off date will advance to June 15, 2018. India’s cut-off date will advance to April 1, 2012, matching the cut-off for EB-2 India.
EB-3 Other Workers: All countries of chargeability except China and India will have a cut-off date of June 1, 2020. China’s cut-off date will move to September 1, 2012, and India’s cut-off date will be April 1, 2012.
EB-4: All countries, except El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, will remain current. The cut-off date for El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras will be March 15, 2018, and Mexico’s cut-off date will advance to September 15, 2020.
Note that the non-minister special immigrant program under the EB-4 category was extended through September 30, 2022. If Congress does not extend the program by this date, immigrant visas for impacted religious workers in the EB-4 category will be unavailable.
EB-5: Final Action Date will be current for all set aside sub-categories (i.e., rural, high unemployment, and infrastructure), regardless of the country of chargeability. The Final Action Date will also be current in unreserved sub-categories – including C5, T5, I5, and R5 – for all countries, except for China and India. The EB-5 China cut-off for intending immigrants in an unreserved sub-category will retrogress to March 22, 2015, while India’s cut-off date for those in an EB-5 unreserved sub-category will retrogress to November 8, 2019.