By Paul Szeto LLC
The State Department just released the visa bulletin for April 2023.
Family-based:
After being current for over 3 years, the final action dates for F-2A category for all countries will retrogress. F2A Mexico has a cutoff date of 11/1/2018. The rest of the world has a cutoff date of 09/08/2020.
Employment-based:
EB-2 India will move backward by 280 days to 01/01/2011, and EB-2 Other Countries will retrogress by 123 days to 07/01/2022. EB-2 China will remain unchanged.
EB-3 (including Other Workers) China will advance 3 months.
EB-4 will retrogress by 3.5 years for all countries.
In April, USCIS will accept adjustment of status applications (Form I-485) based on the Final Action Dates chart for Employment-based cases.
AD: Dates for Final Action (Green Card Approval)
FD: Dates for Filing Applications Only
Family-based
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Other
Countries
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China
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India
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Mexico
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Philippines
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F1
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AD
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12/01/2014
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12/01/2014
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12/01/2014
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04/01/2001
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03/01/2012
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FD
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08/08/2016
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08/08/2016
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08/08/2016
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12/01/2002
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04/22/2015
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F2A
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AD
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09/08/2020
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09/08/2020
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09/28/2020
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11/01/2018
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09/08/2020
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FD
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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F2B
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AD
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09/22/2015
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09/22/2015
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09/22/2015
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06/01/2001
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10/22/2011
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FD
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01/01/2017
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01/01/2017
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01/01/2017
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01/01/2002
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10/01/2013
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F3
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AD
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11/22/2008
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11/22/2008
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11/22/2008
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11/01/1997
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06/08/2002
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FD
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11/08/2009
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11/08/2009
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11/08/2009
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06/15/2001
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11/08/2003
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F4
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AD
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03/22/2007
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03/22/2007
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09/15/2005
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08/01/2000
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08/22/2002
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FD
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12/15/2007
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12/15/2007
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02/22/2006
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04/01/2001
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04/22/2004
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1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year).
2A: The 2 “A” preference is for Spouses and Children (under 21 & unmarried) of LPR's.
2B: The 2 “B” Preference is for Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 or older) of LPR's.
3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,400 per year)
4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens. (about 65,000 per year)
Employment
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Other Countries
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China
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India
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Mexico
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Philippines
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EB1
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AD
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C
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02/01/2022
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02/01/2022
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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06/01/2022
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06/01/2022
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C
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C
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EB2
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AD
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07/01/2022
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06/08/2019
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01/01/2011
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07/01/2022
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07/01/2022
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FD
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12/01/2022
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07/08/2019
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05/01/2012
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12/01/2022
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12/01/2022
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EB3
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AD
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C
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11/01/2018
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06/15/2012
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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02/01/2019
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08/01/2012
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C
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C
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Other Workers
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AD
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01/01/2020
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10/01/2014
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06/15/2012
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01/01/2020
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01/01/2020
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FD
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02/01/2020
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11/01/2015
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08/01/2012
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02/01/2020
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02/01/2020
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EB4
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AD
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09/01/2018
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09/01/2018
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09/01/2018
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09/01/2018
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09/01/2018
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FD
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10/01/2018
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10/01/2018
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10/01/2018
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10/01/2018
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10/01/2018
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EB5
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AD
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C
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07/08/2015*
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06/01/2018
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C
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C
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FD
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C
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01/01/2016*
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12/08/2019
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C
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C
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1st: Priority Workers (Extraordinary ability aliens, multinational companies' executives/managers, outstanding prof./researchers)
2nd: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.
3rd: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers (Unskilled.)
4th: “Special Immigrants” (Religious & others)
5th: Employment Creation (Investors)
*China EB-5 visa numbers for rural, high unemployment & infrastructure areas/projects are current.
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