May 2023 Visa Bulletin: EB-2 & EB-3 Other Counties Retrogress; EB-3 China Advances

By Paul Szeto LLC

The State Department just released the visa bulletin for May 2023. 

Family-based:

F1 Other Countries and China will advance 2 weeks. 

F2A India will retrogress 20 days.

F3 Other Countries, China, and India will advance 16 days.

F4 Other Countries and China will advance 17 days.

Employment-based:

India's dates remain unchanged from April 2023.

EB-2 Other Countries, Mexico, and Philippines will retrogress 5 months.

EB-3 Other Countries, Mexico, and Philippines will have cutoff dates of 06/01/2022 instead of being current.

EB-3 China will advance 5 months and EB-3 Other Workers China 6 months. 

EB-5 China will advance 2 months.

In April and May, 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		Other Countries	China	India	Mexico	Philippines
F1	AD	12/15/2014	12/15/2014	12/15/2014	04/01/2001	03/01/2012
	FD	01/01/2017	01/01/2017	01/01/2017	12/01/2002	04/22/2015
F2A	AD	09/08/2020	09/08/2020	09/08/2020	11/01/2018	09/08/2020
	FD	C	C	C	C	C
F2B	AD	09/22/2015	09/22/2015	09/22/2015	06/01/2001	10/22/2011
	FD	01/01/2017	01/01/2017	01/01/2017	01/01/2002	10/01/2013
F3	AD	12/08/2008	12/08/2008	12/08/2008	11/01/1997	06/08/2002
	FD	02/08/2010	02/08/2010	02/08/2010	06/15/2001	11/08/2003
F4	AD	04/08/2007	04/08/2007	09/15/2005	08/01/2000	08/22/2002
	FD	02/01/2008	02/01/2008	02/22/2006	04/01/2001	04/22/2004

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		Other Countries	China	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB1	AD	C	02/01/2022	02/01/2022	C	C
	FD	C	06/01/2022	06/01/2022	C	C
EB2	AD	02/15/2022	06/08/2019	01/01/2011	02/15/2022	02/15/2022
	FD	12/01/2022	07/08/2019	05/01/2012	12/01/2022	12/01/2022
EB3	AD	06/01/2022	04/01/2019	06/15/2012	06/01/2022	06/01/2022
	FD	05/01/2023	06/01/2019	08/01/2012	05/01/2023	05/01/2023
Other Workers	AD	01/01/2020	04/15/2015	06/15/2012	01/01/2020	01/01/2020
	FD	02/01/2020	11/01/2015	08/01/2012	02/01/2020	02/01/2020
EB4	AD	09/01/2018	09/01/2018	09/01/2018	09/01/2018	09/01/2018
	FD	10/01/2018	10/01/2018	10/01/2018	10/01/2018	10/01/2018
EB5	AD	C	09/08/2015*	06/01/2018	C	C
	FD	C	01/01/2016*	12/08/2019	C	C

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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