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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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