The October 2024 visa bulletin has been published. USCIS will be accepting cases this month based on dates for filing, not final action.
Changes are as follows for both charts. If a change is not listed here, the date remained the same.
Final Action
*Most of these are moving forward and not retrogressions so we should see lots of approvals this month. However, please note that EB3 China did retrogress and ROW Religious Workers became unavailable.*
EB1
- China: moved from November 01, 2022 to November 08, 2022
EB2
- China: moved from March 01, 2020 to March 22, 2020
EB3
- Rest of World: moved from December 01, 2020 to November 15, 2022
- China: moved from September 01, 2020 to April 01, 2020
- India: moved from October 22, 2012 to November 01, 2012
- Mexico: moved from December 01, 2020 to November 15, 2022
- Philippines: moved from December 01, 2020 to November 15, 2022
Other Workers
- India: moved from October 22, 2012 to November 01, 2012 (same as jump in regular EB3)
- Philippines: moved from May 01, 2020 to December 01, 2020
Religious Workers
- Rest of World: moved from January 01, 2021 to unavailable
EB5 Unreserved
- China: moved from December 15, 2015 to July 15, 2016
- India: moved from December 01, 2020 to January 01, 2022
Dates for Filing
*Most of these are moving forward and not retrogressions so we should be able to file more cases this month. However, please note that EB3 China and EB5 unreserved China did retrogress.*
EB1
- India: moved from February 08, 2022 to April 15, 2022
EB2
- Rest of World: moved from March 22, 2023 to August 01, 2023
- China: moved from June 01, 2020 to October 01, 2020
- India: moved from July 22, 2012 to January 01, 2013
- Mexico: moved from March 22, 2023 to August 01, 2023
- Philippines: moved from March 22, 2023 to August 01, 2023
EB3
- Rest of World: moved from February 01, 2023 to March 01, 2023
- China: moved from July 01, 2021 to November 15, 2020
- India: moved from November 01, 2012 to June 08, 2013
- Mexico: moved from February 01, 2023 to March 01, 2023
- Philippines: moved from January 01, 2023 to March 01, 2023
Other Workers
- Rest of World: moved from January 08, 2021 to May 22, 2021
- China: moved from June 01, 2017 to January 01, 2018
- India: moved from November 01, 2012 to June 01, 2013
- Mexico: moved from January 08, 2021 to May 22, 2021
- Philippines: moved from May 15, 2020 to May 22, 2021
EB5 Unreserved
- China: moved from January 01, 2017 to October 01, 2016
Written by Ciara Melville.
