TheDepartment of State has just issued the October 2024 Visa Bulletin, thefirst of the new Fiscal Year. This blog post analyzes this month’s VisaBulletin.
VisaBulletin
Table A: FinalAction Dates – Consular applicants with these priority dates or earlier may beapproved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visaappointment:
Table B: Dates ofFiling – Adjustment of Status applicants with these priority dates or earliermay file their Form I-485:
MU LawAnalysis
EB-1 andEB-2: The Visa Bulletin for categories EB-1 and EB-2 made nearly nomovement from September 2024. Only China EB-1 and EB-2 made forward progress ofless than a month.
EB-3: The EB-3categories for Rest of World, Mexico, and Philippines moved forward roughly 2years from the September 2024 visa bulletin, closely mirroring the June 2024visa bulletin which was issued before the DOS began rolling back visa numbersfor the rest of the fiscal year.
EB-3India moved forward less than one month, while EB-3 China retrogressed 5 monthsfrom the September 2024 Visa Bulletin.