India’s EB-1 queue hits October 2022
The US State Department warns India’s category could become unavailable in the coming weeks. Telugu-specific numbers, naturally, remain unavailable.
India’s EB-1 final-action date is October 15, 2022; Telugu-specific figures are not provided.
The US Department of State has set India’s EB-1 final-action date at October 15, 2022, putting another constraint on Indians seeking permanent residence through the employment-based category. For Telugu-speaking families in the US, the relevance is clear; the official bulletin, however, provides no Telugu-specific count. Government paperwork remains wonderfully uninterested in geography beyond “India”.
The September 2026 Visa Bulletin warns that high demand and number use by India-chargeable applicants “may necessitate making the category unavailable in the coming weeks” if India’s pro-rated limit is reached before the fiscal year ends. The bulletin does not say that unavailability is certain, and it does not announce automatic refusals.
EB-1 covers people with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and multinational executives and managers, according to USCIS material. The bulletin lists December 1, 2023 as India’s filing date, but October 15, 2022 as the final-action date. Those are different mechanisms, not two ways of saying “please wait”.
The State Department says it is monitoring demand. Whether USCIS will permit the separate filing chart for adjustment-of-status applications is not established in the supplied material. The category may tighten; the government has not yet said it will shut.