The Department of State has released the January 2024 Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. In January 2024, USCIS will continue to accept employment-based adjustment of status applications based on the Dates for Filing Employment-Based Preference chart. To be eligible to file an adjustment of status application in January 2024, foreign nationals must have a priority date that is earlier than that listed on the Dates for Filing chart.
The EB-1 Final Action Date for India will advance by three years and eight months, to September 1, 2020. The Final Action Date for China will advance by four and a half months, to July 1, 2022. All other countries will remain current.
The EB-2 Final Action Date for India will advance to March 1, 2012, while China will advance to January 1, 2020. All other countries will advance to November 1, 2022.
The EB-3 Professional/Skilled Worker Final Action Date for India will advance by one month to June 1, 2012, and China will advance by approximately seven months to September 1, 2020. All other countries will advance by eight months, to August 1, 2022.
The Final Action Dates for all EB-4 will advance to May 15, 2019 for all countries. In addition, with respect to the Final Action Date for the EB-5 Unreserved categories, India will advance by approximately two years to December 1, 2020, while China will advance to December 8, 2015. All other countries will remain current. The EB-5 “Set-Aside” categories (Rural, High unemployment, and Infrastructure) will remain current for all countries.
We note again that USCIS will accept adjustment of status applications under the Dates for Filing chart in January 2024. In order to be eligible to file an employment-based adjustment of status application, foreign nationals must have a priority date that is earlier than the Dates for Filing listed below:
EB-1
China: January 1, 2023
India: January 1, 2021
All Other Countries: Current
EB-2
China: January 1, 2020
India: May 15, 2012
All Other Countries: February 15, 2023
EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers
China: July 1, 2021
India: August 1, 2012
Philippines: January 1, 2023
All Other Countries: February 1, 2023
EB-3 Other Workers
China: June 1, 2017
India: August 1, 2012
Philippines: May 15, 2020
All Other Countries: December 15, 2020
EB-4
All Countries: September 1, 2019
EB-5 Unreserved (Regional Center and Non-Regional Center)
China: January 1, 2017
India: April 1, 2022
All Other Countries: Current
EB-5 Set-Asides
Rural: Current for all countries
High Unemployment: Current for all countries
Infrastructure: Current for all countries