Visa bulletin, employment-based charts
The February 2023 visa bulletin
Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for February 2023, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the January 2023 bulletin. The newest bulletin held here is September 2026.
What moved, 45 cells per chart
Final action dates: 0 advanced, 42 unchanged, 3 went backwards. Dates for filing: 0 advanced, 42 unchanged, 3 went backwards.
Final action dates
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the January 2023 bulletin.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 priority workers | Current current | Feb 1, 2022 unchanged | Feb 1, 2022 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-2 advanced degree and NIW | Nov 1, 2022 unchanged | Jun 8, 2019 unchanged | Oct 8, 2011 unchanged | Nov 1, 2022 unchanged | Nov 1, 2022 unchanged |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Current current | Aug 1, 2018 unchanged | Jun 15, 2012 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 other workers | Jan 1, 2020 -152 days | Dec 22, 2013 unchanged | Jun 15, 2012 unchanged | Jan 1, 2020 -152 days | Jan 1, 2020 -152 days |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Jun 22, 2022 unchanged | Jun 22, 2022 unchanged | Jun 22, 2022 unchanged | Sep 15, 2020 unchanged | Jun 22, 2022 unchanged |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Mar 22, 2015 unchanged | Nov 8, 2019 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-5 rural set-aside | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
| EB-5 high-unemployment set-aside | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
| EB-5 infrastructure set-aside | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
Dates for filing
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the January 2023 bulletin.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 priority workers | Current current | Jun 1, 2022 unchanged | Jun 1, 2022 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-2 advanced degree and NIW | Dec 1, 2022 unchanged | Jul 8, 2019 unchanged | May 1, 2012 unchanged | Dec 1, 2022 unchanged | Dec 1, 2022 unchanged |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Current current | Sep 1, 2018 unchanged | Aug 1, 2012 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 other workers | Feb 1, 2020 -950 days | Nov 1, 2015 unchanged | Aug 1, 2012 unchanged | Feb 1, 2020 -950 days | Feb 1, 2020 -950 days |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Jul 22, 2022 unchanged | Jul 22, 2022 unchanged | Jul 22, 2022 unchanged | Oct 15, 2020 unchanged | Jul 22, 2022 unchanged |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Jan 1, 2016 unchanged | Dec 8, 2019 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-5 rural set-aside | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
| EB-5 high-unemployment set-aside | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
| EB-5 infrastructure set-aside | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
A date means applications with a priority date earlier than it can act that month. Current means every priority date can; Unavailable means none can, usually because the fiscal year's numbers for that category and country are used up. The three EB-5 set-asides are the reserved rural, high-unemployment and infrastructure allocations created in 2022; USCIS publishes their I-485 inventory separately.
Source: the State Department's bulletin page.
Visa bulletin: travel.state.gov (page saved from a browser; the site refuses automated clients) · data through Sep 2026 · monthly Cutoff dates as the State Department published them each month. Nothing here is forecast.