The Department of State hasjust issued the July2024 Visa Bulletin. This blog post analyzes this month’s Visa Bulletin.

Visa Bulletin

Table A: FinalAction Dates — Applications with these dates may be approved for their GreenCard (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.

Employment-
based

All Chargeability 
Areas Except
Those Listed

CHINA-
mainland 
born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

01NOV22

01FEB22  

C

C

2nd

15MAR23

01MAR20

15JUN12

15MAR23

15MAR23

3rd

01DEC21

01SEP20

22SEP12

01DEC21

01DEC21

Table B:Dates of Filing

The USCIS will use the TableA Final Action chart for I-485 employment-based filings. See: USCISVisa Bulletin Dates

MU Law Analysis

This Visa Bulletinessentially means that there will not be any more employment-based immigrantvisas issued this fiscal year.  TheAugust Visa Bulletin will likely retrogress or make unavailable all EB-3 dates.