According to the State Department’s September Visa Bulletin, Final Action cutoff dates for the issuance of an immigrant visa will be as follows:
EB-1: All countries, including India and China, will remain current.
EB-2: India and China remain unchanged, on December 1, 2014, and April 1, 2019, respectively. All other countries will remain current.
EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers: India and China will remain unchanged on February 15, 2012, and April 22, 2018, respectively. All other countries will remain current.
EB-3 Other Workers: The worldwide cutoff date will remain on May 8, 2019. India and China will remain on February 15, 2012, and June 1, 2012, respectively.
EB-5: The Final Action cutoff date for the EB-5 China Unreserved categories (C5, T5, I5, and R5) will advance by one month to December 22, 2015. EB-5 Final Action dates will remain current for all other countries and for all EB-5 “Set-Aside” categories (Rural, High Unemployment, and Infrastructure).
On the Dates for Filing chart, EB-5 China Unreserved (C5, T5, I5, and R5) will advance by more than a week to January 1, 2016. The remaining employment-based countries and categories will remain unchanged from last month.
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. That announcement will clarify whether USCIS will accept adjustment of status applications based on the Final Action dates chart or the Dates for Filing chart.