On April 9th, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the May 2024 Visa Bulletin. In the employment-based categories, there has been no progress compared to the previous month.

Employment-Based Preference Filings: For all employment-based preference categories, you must use the Final Action Dates chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for May 2024

Family-Sponsored Filings: For all family-sponsored preference categories, you must use the Dates for Filing chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for May 2024.

A. FINAL ACTION DATES FOR FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCE CASES

Family-SponsoredAll Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed		CHINA-mainland
born		INDIAMEXICOPHILIPPINES
F108 Jul 1508 Jul 1508 Jul 1515 Oct 0101 Mar 12
F2A01 Jun 2101 Jun 2101 Jun 2108 Nov 2001 Jun 21
F2B01 Apr 1601 Apr 1601 Apr 1601 Mar 0422 Oct 11
F301 Jan 1001 Jan 1001 Jan 1022 Jul 9901 Aug 02
F422 Jul 0722 Jul 0715 Jan 0622 Jan 0108 Sep 03

B.DATES FOR FILING FAMILY-SPONSORED VISA APPLICATIONS

Family-SponsoredAll Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed		CHINA-mainland
born		INDIAMEXICOPHILIPPINES
F101 Sep 1701 Sep 1701 Sep 1701 Apr 0522 Apr 15
F2A01 Sep 2301 Sep 2301 Sep 2301 Sep 2301 Sep 23
F2B01 Jan 1701 Jan 1701 Jan 1701 Sep 0401 Oct 13
F301 Jun 1001 Jun 1001 Jun 1015 Jun 0108 Nov 03
F401 Mar 0801 Mar 0815 Jun 0622 Apr 0101 Jun 05

EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES

  1. A. FINAL ACTION DATES FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCE CASES

Employment-
based		All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed		CHINA-
mainland
born		INDIAMEXICOPHILIPPINES
1stC01 Sep 2201 Mar 21CC
2nd15 Jan 2301 Feb 2015 Mar 1215 Jan 2315 Jan 23
3rd22 Nov 2201 Sep 2015 Aug 1222 Nov 2222 Nov 22
Other Workers08 Oct 2001 Jan 1715 Aug 1208 Oct 2001 May 20
4th01 Nov 2001 Nov 2001 Nov 2001 Nov 2001 Nov 20
Certain Religious Workers01 Nov 2001 Nov 2001 Nov 2001 Nov 2001 Nov 20
5th Unreserved
(including C5, T5, I5, R5)		C15 Dec 1501 Dec 20CC
5th Set Aside:
Rural (20%)		CCCCC
5th Set Aside:
High Unemployment (10%)		CCCCC
5th Set Aside:
Infrastructure (2%)		CCCCC

B.DATES FOR FILING OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISA APPLICATIONS

Employment-
based		All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed		CHINA-
mainland
born		INDIAMEXICOPHILIPPINES
1stC01 Jan 2301 Apr 21CC
2nd15 Feb 2301 Jun 2015 May 1215 Feb 2315 Feb 23
3rd01 Feb 2301 Jul 2115 Sep 1201 Feb 2301 Jan 23
Other Workers15 Dec 2001 Jun 1715 Sep 1215 Dec 2015 May 20
4th01 Dec 2001 Dec 2001 Dec 2001 Dec 2001 Dec 20
Certain Religious Workers01 Dec 2001 Dec 2001 Dec 2001 Dec 2001 Dec 20
5th Unreserved
(including C5, T5, I5, R5)		C01 Jan 1701 Apr 22CC
5th Set Aside:
Rural (20%)		CCCCC
5th Set Aside:
High Unemployment (10%)		CCCCC
5th Set Aside:
Infrastructure (2%)		CCCCC

B.DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT (DV) CATEGORY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY

RegionAll DV Chargeability Areas Except
Those Listed Separately
AFRICA52,000Except:  Algeria     51,000
Egypt        32,000
Morocco   35,000
ASIA8,000Except:  Iran     7,100
Nepal  7,100
EUROPE18,000Except:  Russia          17,750
Uzbekistan    8,000
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 15
OCEANIA1,650
SOUTH AMERICA,
and the CARIBBEAN		2,600

C.THE DIVERSITY (DV) IMMIGRANT CATEGORY RANK CUT-OFFS WHICH WILL APPLY IN JUNE

RegionAll DV Chargeability Areas Except
Those Listed Separately
AFRICA57,000Except:  Algeria     56,950
Egypt        32,000
Morocco   41,500
ASIA9,000Except:  Iran     8,500
Nepal  8,500
EUROPE21,000Except:  Russia          20,240
Uzbekistan    9,000
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 15
OCEANIA1,850
SOUTH AMERICA,
and the CARIBBEAN		2,750
Published On: April 12th, 2024 / Categories: Green Card updates and details /

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