The October 2021 Priority Dates: No change from September

The October 2021 Priority Dates: No change from September

The October priority dates are typically the start of the new “fiscal year” for visas, where a new annual supply of visas is made available. Usually, with a new supply of visas, the priority dates move forward in the various family categories. However, for October 2021, the priority dates did not move at all. They are the same as September 2021. Fortunately, employment-based visas remain “current.”

Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular month, for the various family and employment-based categories. A priority date is a person’s “place in line” for a visa, meaning immigrant visas (or green cards) would be available for persons whose priority date is earlier than the cut-off date listed below. If your priority date was “current,” but later retrogressed (or “moved backwards” and became unavailable) before your immigrant visa was issued (or before you adjusted status in the U.S.), you would have to wait until it becomes current again.

The priority dates for the Philippines are:

FAMILY CATEGORY: Application Filing
Date
Visa Issuance
Date
First Preference Unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens (21 years old or older) April 22, 2015 March 01, 2012
Second Preference (2A) Spouse and minor children
(below 21 years old) of green card holders
June 01, 2021 Current
  (2B) Unmarried sons and daughters
(21 years old or older) of green card holders
October 01, 2013 October 22, 2011
Third Preference Married sons and daughters of U.S. Citizens October 01, 2003 June 08, 2002
Fourth Preference Brothers and sisters of U.S. Citizens February 01, 2004 August 22, 2002
LABOR CERTIFICATION: Application Filing
Date
Visa Issuance
Date
Second Preference Advanced Degree (Masters) Current Current
Third Preference Professional/
Skilled Workers
Current Current
Other workers Non-Skilled Workers Current Current

 

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