Visa Bulletin Tracker

October 2023 Visa Bulletin

Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing published for October 2023 (fiscal year 2024), with the change from September 2023. Official source: travel.state.gov.

What changed

20 of 45 tracked cut-offs were unchanged.

Final Action Dates

Final Action Dates – employment-based
CategoryRest of WorldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1Currentnow Current15 Feb 2022▲ 14 d advanced1 Jan 2017▲ 1827 d advancedCurrentnow CurrentCurrentnow Current
EB-28 Jul 2022▲ 7 d advanced1 Oct 2019▲ 85 d advanced1 Jan 2012▲ 365 d advanced8 Jul 2022▲ 7 d advanced8 Jul 2022▲ 7 d advanced
EB-31 Dec 2021▲ 579 d advanced1 Jan 2020▲ 122 d advanced1 May 2012▲ 1216 d advanced1 Dec 2021▲ 579 d advanced1 Dec 2021▲ 579 d advanced
EB-3 Other Workers1 Aug 2020▲ 92 d advanced1 Jan 2016▲ 122 d advanced1 May 2012▲ 1216 d advanced1 Aug 2020▲ 92 d advanced1 May 2020
EB-41 Jan 2019▲ 122 d advanced1 Jan 2019▲ 122 d advanced1 Jan 2019▲ 122 d advanced1 Jan 2019▲ 122 d advanced1 Jan 2019▲ 122 d advanced
EB-5 UnreservedCurrent1 Oct 2015▲ 23 d advanced15 Dec 2018▲ 623 d advancedCurrentCurrent
Final Action Dates – family-sponsored
CategoryRest of WorldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F11 Jan 20151 Jan 20151 Jan 201522 Apr 20011 Mar 2012
F2A8 Feb 2019▲ 403 d advanced8 Feb 2019▲ 403 d advanced8 Feb 2019▲ 403 d advanced1 Feb 2019▲ 883 d advanced8 Feb 2019▲ 403 d advanced
F2B22 Sep 201522 Sep 201522 Sep 20151 Jan 2002▲ 153 d advanced22 Oct 2011
F38 Jan 20098 Jan 20098 Jan 20098 Mar 1998▲ 52 d advanced8 Jun 2002
F422 Apr 200722 Apr 20078 Oct 2005▲ 23 d advanced1 Aug 200022 Aug 2002

Dates for Filing

Dates for Filing – employment-based
CategoryRest of WorldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1Current1 Aug 2022▲ 61 d advanced1 Jul 2019▼ 1066 d retrogressedCurrentCurrent
EB-21 Jan 2023▲ 31 d advanced1 Jan 2020▲ 85 d advanced15 May 2012▲ 14 d advanced1 Jan 2023▲ 31 d advanced1 Jan 2023▲ 31 d advanced
EB-31 Feb 2023▼ 89 d retrogressed1 Sep 2020▲ 305 d advanced1 Aug 20121 Feb 2023▼ 89 d retrogressed1 Jan 2023▼ 120 d retrogressed
EB-3 Other Workers15 Dec 2020▲ 197 d advanced1 Jun 2017▲ 517 d advanced1 Aug 201215 Dec 2020▲ 197 d advanced15 May 2020▼ 17 d retrogressed
EB-41 Mar 2019▲ 151 d advanced1 Mar 2019▲ 151 d advanced1 Mar 2019▲ 151 d advanced1 Mar 2019▲ 151 d advanced1 Mar 2019▲ 151 d advanced
EB-5 UnreservedCurrent1 Jan 2017▲ 366 d advanced1 Apr 2022▲ 845 d advancedCurrentCurrent
Dates for Filing – family-sponsored
CategoryRest of WorldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F11 Sep 20171 Sep 20171 Sep 20171 Apr 200522 Apr 2015
F2A1 Sep 20231 Sep 20231 Sep 20231 Sep 20231 Sep 2023
F2B1 Jan 20171 Jan 20171 Jan 20171 Aug 20041 Oct 2013
F31 Mar 20101 Mar 20101 Mar 201015 Jun 20018 Nov 2003
F41 Mar 20081 Mar 200822 Feb 200615 Apr 200122 Apr 2004

Dates are exactly as published; C = Current, U = Unavailable. Some categories (EB-5 set-asides, EB-4 religious workers) are in the dataset. Priority dates earlier than the cut-off may be processed; see the FAQ.

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