Quick Recap

• Next month, USCIS will accept any employment-based adjustment of status (AOS) applications from foreign nationals whose I-140 priority dates are earlier than the corresponding Dates for Filing listed in the State Department’s January 2025 Visa Bulletin.
  
• In January, the Dates for Filing across all employment-based categories will remain unchanged from December for all countries. However, the Final Action Dates will see modest advancements in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories.
• In January, the Dates for Filing for most family-based categories will remain unchanged from December for most countries, including China, except for the F-3 category, which will advance by three months for most countries.

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Employment-Based Final Action Dates for January 2025:

• • EB-1
    • China: November 8, 2022
    • India: February 1, 2022
    • All other countries: Current (applications may be filed regardless of the applicant’s priority date.)
  • EB-2
    • China: April 22, 2020
    • India: October 1, 2012
    • All other countries: April 1, 2023
  • EB-3
    • China: June 1, 2020
    • India: December 1, 2012
    • All other countries: December 1, 2022

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Employment-Based Dates for Filing for January 2025:

• • EB-1
    • China: January 1, 2023
    • India: April 15, 2022
    • All other countries: Current (applications may be filed regardless of the applicant’s priority date.)
  • EB-2
    • China: October 1, 2020
    • India: January 1, 2013
    • All other countries: August 1, 2023
  • EB-3
    • China: November 15, 2020
    • India: June 8, 2013
    • All other countries: March 01, 2023

For more details, please visit the State Department’s January 2025 Visa Bulletin.

Quick Recap

• Next month, USCIS will accept any employment-based adjustment of status (AOS) applications from foreign nationals whose I-140 priority dates are earlier than the corresponding Dates for Filing listed in the State Department’s December 2024 Visa Bulletin.
• In December, the Final Action Dates and Dates of Filing of all employment-based categories for most countries, including China, will remain the same as November.
• In December, the Final Action Dates and Dates of Filing of all family-based categories for all countries will remain the same as November.

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Employment-Based Final Action Dates for December 2024:

• • EB-1
    •  China: November 8, 2022
    •  India: February 1, 2022
    •  All other countries: Current (applications may be filed regardless of the applicant’s priority date.)
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  • EB-2
    • China: March 22, 2020
    • India: August 1, 2012
    • All other countries: March 15, 2023
      
      
  • EB-3
    • China: April 1, 2020
    • India: November 8, 2012
    • All other countries: November 15, 2022

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Employment-Based Dates for Filing for November 2024:

To be eligible to file an employment-based AOS application in December, foreign nationals must have an I-140 priority date that is earlier than the Dates for Filing listed below for their preference category and country:

• • EB-1
    • China: January 1, 2023
    • India: April 15, 2022
    • All other countries: Current (applications may be filed regardless of the applicant’s priority date.)
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  • EB-2
    • China: October 1, 2020
    • India: January 1, 2013
    • All other countries: August 1, 2023
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  • EB-3
    • China: November 15, 2020
    • India: June 8, 2013
    • All other countries: March 01, 2023

For more details, please visit the State Department’s December 2024 Visa Bulletin.

Quick Recap

• Next month, USCIS will accept any employment-based adjustment of status (AOS) applications from foreign nationals whose I-140 priority dates are earlier than the corresponding Dates for Filing listed in the State Department’s October 2024 Visa Bulletin.
• In October, the Final Action Dates for EB-3 will advance for most countries, except for China, which will retrogress by five months.
• The Final Action Dates for China under EB-2 and EB-3 categories will see modest advancement.
• There will be no advancement in the Final Action Dates for family-sponsored categories under China.

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Employment-Based Final Action Dates for October 2024:

• EB-1
• China: November 8, 2022
• India: February 1, 2022
• All other countries: Current (applications may be filed regardless of the applicant’s priority date.)

• EB-2
• China: March 22, 2020
• India: July 15, 2012
• All other countries: March 15, 2023

• EB-3
• China: April 1, 2020 
• India: November 1, 2012 
• All other countries: November 15, 2022

Employment-Based Dates for Filing for October 2024:

To be eligible to file an employment-based AOS application in October, foreign nationals must have an I-140 priority date that is earlier than the Dates for Filing listed below for their preference category and country:

• EB-1
• China: January 1, 2023
• India: April 15, 2022
• All other countries: Current (applications may be filed regardless of the applicant’s priority date.)

• EB-2
• China: October 1, 2020
• India: January 1, 2013
• All other countries: August 1, 2023

• EB-3
• China: November 15, 2020  
• India: June 8, 2013 
• All other countries: March 01, 2023

For more details, please visit the State Department’s October 2024 Visa Bulletin.

Quick Recap 

• Next month, USCIS will accept any employment-based adjustment of status (AOS) applications from foreign nationals whose I-140 priority dates are earlier than the corresponding Final Action Dates listed in the State Department’s September 2024 Visa Bulletin.
• In September, the Final Action dates for EB-3 will retrogress by one year for most countries, except for China and India.
• All employment-based Final Action dates under China will remain unchanged.
• There will be no advancement for any Family-Sponsored categories in September.

Employment-Based Final Action Dates for September 2024

To be eligible to file an employment-based AOS application in September, foreign nationals must have an I-140 priority date that is earlier than the date listed below for their preference category and country:

• EB-1
• China: November 1, 2022
• India: February 1, 2022
• All other countries: Current (applications may be filed regardless of the applicant’s priority date.)
• EB-2
• China: March 1, 2020
• India: July 15, 2012
• All other countries: March 15, 2023
• EB-3
• China: September 1, 2020  
• India: October 22, 2012 
• All other countries: December 01, 2020

For more details, please visit the State Department’s September 2024 Visa Bulletin.