Department of State Releases October 2024 Visa Bulletin

September 12, 2024

The DOS has posted its much anticipated October 2024 Visa Bulletin.  USCIS determined that for October 2024, adjustment of status applicants in both family and employment based preference categories must use the Dates for Filing chart.

For the start of the government fiscal year, there is movement in most preference categories under the Dates of Filing chart but, for the Final Action Dates charts, unfortunately there is little movement from the month prior, with EB-3 China retrogressed five months from September 1, 2020, to April 1, 2020.

As a reminder, USCIS can approve the Form I-485 Application to Adjust Status (and DOS can approve the immigrant visa application if applying at a US Consulate) once the applicant’s priority date is past the cut-off date in the related family or employment-based preference category under the Final Action Dates chart.

This month’s charts appear below.  To discuss what the dates in October’s Visa Bulletin may mean for your case, please contact the attorney at LHSCD working on your case.  Or, you may set up a consultation with one of our attorneys by filling out our Consultation Request Form.

FINAL ACTION DATES FOR FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCE CASES

Family- Sponsored	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	22OCT15	22OCT15	22OCT15	01JAN03	01MAR12
F2A	22NOV21	22NOV21	22NOV21	08MAR21	22NOV21
F2B	01MAY16	01MAY16	01MAY16	15JAN05	22OCT11
F3	01APR10	01APR10	01APR10	22AUG00	08SEP02
F4	01AUG07	01AUG07	01MAR06	22FEB01	01FEB04

DATES FOR FILING FAMILY-SPONSORED VISA APPLICATIONS

Family- Sponsored	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	01SEP17	01SEP17	01SEP17	01OCT05	22APR15
F2A	15JUL24	15JUL24	15JUL24	15JUL24	15JUL24
F2B	01JAN17	01JAN17	01JAN17	01AUG05	01OCT13
F3	01JUL11	01JUL11	01JUL11	15JUN01	08MAY04
F4	01MAR08	01MAR08	15JUN06	30APR01	01AUG06

FINAL ACTION DATES FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCE CASES

Employment- based	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	08NOV22	01FEB22	C	C
2nd	15MAR23	22MAR20	15JUL12	15MAR23	15MAR23
3rd	15NOV22	01APR20	01NOV12	15NOV22	15NOV22
Other Workers	01DEC20	01JAN17	01NOV12	01DEC20	01DEC20
4th	01JAN21	01JAN21	01JAN21	01JAN21	01JAN21
Certain Religious Workers	U	U	U	U	U
5th Unreserved (including C5, T5, I5, R5)	C	15JUL16	01JAN22	C	C
5th Set Aside: Rural (20%)	C	C	C	C	C
5th Set Aside: High Unemployment (10%)	C	C	C	C	C
5th Set Aside: Infrastructure (2%)	C	C	C	C	C

DATES FOR FILING OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISA APPLICATIONS

Employment- based	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	01JAN23	15APR22	C	C
2nd	01AUG23	01OCT20	01JAN13	01AUG23	01AUG23
3rd	01MAR23	15NOV20	08JUN13	01MAR23	01MAR23
Other Workers	22MAY21	01JAN18	08JUN13	22MAY21	22MAY21
4th	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21
Certain Religious Workers	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21
5th Unreserved (including C5, T5, I5, R5)	C	01OCT16	01APR22	C	C
5th Set Aside: (Rural – 20%)	C	C	C	C	C
5th Set Aside: (High Unemployment – 10%)	C	C	C	C	C
5th Set Aside: (Infrastructure – 2%)	C	C	C	C	C

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