Green Card Backlog Tracker
EB-5 Non-Regional Center Priority Date for China
Updated for March 2022 · +440 days moved in 12 months
This page tracks the EB-5 Non-Regional Center (Investor – Direct (legacy)) cutoff date for applicants chargeable to China, using the chart USCIS designated for adjustment-of-status filers each month. History runs from November 2015 to March 2022 — 77 monthly bulletins.
Where the line is right now
EB-5 Non-Regional Center · China · March 2022
Current
No backlog for China in this category as of March 2022. Any priority date qualifies.
USCIS designated the Dates for Filing chart for employment-based adjustment-of-status filings in March 2022. That designation changes month to month, and it determines which cutoff actually governs when you can file.
How fast the line is moving
Note: this category is currently current (no backlog) for China. The movement below is measured through November 2021, the most recent month with a published cutoff date.
| Window | Cutoff then | Cutoff now | Total movement | Average pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 6 months | May 15, 2015 | December 15, 2015 | +214 days | +36 days/month |
| Last 12 months | October 1, 2014 | December 15, 2015 | +440 days | +37 days/month |
| Last 24 months | May 1, 2015 | December 15, 2015 | +228 days | +15 days/month |
Movement is measured only between months that used the same chart type. USCIS publishes one designated chart per month, so comparing a Final Action cutoff against a Dates for Filing cutoff would overstate or understate movement. Months where the chart switched are excluded from these figures.
Has it moved backward?
This category has not retrogressed for China in the period covered (November 2015 to March 2022). The cutoff has only held steady or moved forward.
The last 24 bulletins
| Bulletin month | Cutoff date | Chart in use |
|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Current (no backlog) | Dates for Filing |
| February 2022 | Current (no backlog) | Dates for Filing |
| January 2022 | Current (no backlog) | Dates for Filing |
| December 2021 | Current (no backlog) | Dates for Filing |
| November 2021 | December 15, 2015 | Dates for Filing |
| October 2021 | December 15, 2015 | Dates for Filing |
| September 2021 | November 15, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| August 2021 | November 15, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| July 2021 | November 8, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| June 2021 | September 15, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| May 2021 | August 15, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| April 2021 | August 15, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| March 2021 | August 15, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| February 2021 | August 15, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| January 2021 | August 15, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| December 2020 | December 15, 2015 | Dates for Filing |
| November 2020 | December 15, 2015 | Dates for Filing |
| October 2020 | December 15, 2015 | Dates for Filing |
| September 2020 | August 15, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| August 2020 | August 8, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| July 2020 | July 22, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| June 2020 | July 15, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| May 2020 | July 1, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
| April 2020 | May 15, 2015 | Final Action Dates |
Full history back to November 2015 is tracked — 77 monthly bulletins in total.
What a priority date actually is
Your priority date is the day your employer properly filed the immigrant petition on your behalf. It is your place in line, and it never changes.
Every month the State Department publishes a cutoff date for each category and country of birth. When the cutoff passes your priority date, a visa number is available to you. Because the law caps how many green cards any one country can receive per year, applicants born in high-demand countries wait far longer than the worldwide line for the exact same category.
Country of birth is what matters — not citizenship, not where you live now. That single fact is why two colleagues doing identical work at the same company can be years apart in the same queue.
This page is information, not legal advice. It reports published government data and nothing more. Cutoff dates move unpredictably and individual cases turn on facts this page cannot know. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed immigration attorney.
Sources
Cutoff dates from USCIS Adjustment of Status Filing Charts, March 2022 edition, which republishes the U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin. History compiled from 77 monthly USCIS bulletin pages (November 2015–March 2022). Chart type is recorded as published; where a source page did not state it, it is marked rather than assumed. See How We Research.