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Visa bulletin, employment-based charts

The December 2023 visa bulletin

Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for December 2023, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the November 2023 bulletin. The newest bulletin held here is September 2026.

What moved, 45 cells per chart

Final action dates: 2 advanced, 43 unchanged. Dates for filing: 0 advanced, 45 unchanged.

Final action dates

Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the November 2023 bulletin.

Category All other countries China India Mexico Philippines
EB-1 priority workers Current current Feb 15, 2022 unchanged Jan 1, 2017 unchanged Current current Current current
EB-2 advanced degree and NIW Jul 15, 2022 unchanged Oct 22, 2019 +21 days Jan 1, 2012 unchanged Jul 15, 2022 unchanged Jul 15, 2022 unchanged
EB-3 skilled and professional Dec 1, 2021 unchanged Jan 22, 2020 +21 days May 1, 2012 unchanged Dec 1, 2021 unchanged Dec 1, 2021 unchanged
EB-3 other workers Aug 1, 2020 unchanged Jan 1, 2016 unchanged May 1, 2012 unchanged Aug 1, 2020 unchanged May 1, 2020 unchanged
EB-4 special immigrants Jan 1, 2019 unchanged Jan 1, 2019 unchanged Jan 1, 2019 unchanged Jan 1, 2019 unchanged Jan 1, 2019 unchanged
EB-5 unreserved Current current Oct 1, 2015 unchanged Dec 15, 2018 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 November 2023 bulletin.

Category All other countries China India Mexico Philippines
EB-1 priority workers Current current Aug 1, 2022 unchanged Jul 1, 2019 unchanged Current current Current current
EB-2 advanced degree and NIW Jan 1, 2023 unchanged Jan 1, 2020 unchanged May 15, 2012 unchanged Jan 1, 2023 unchanged Jan 1, 2023 unchanged
EB-3 skilled and professional Feb 1, 2023 unchanged Sep 1, 2020 unchanged Aug 1, 2012 unchanged Feb 1, 2023 unchanged Jan 1, 2023 unchanged
EB-3 other workers Dec 15, 2020 unchanged Jun 1, 2017 unchanged Aug 1, 2012 unchanged Dec 15, 2020 unchanged May 15, 2020 unchanged
EB-4 special immigrants Mar 1, 2019 unchanged Mar 1, 2019 unchanged Mar 1, 2019 unchanged Mar 1, 2019 unchanged Mar 1, 2019 unchanged
EB-5 unreserved Current current Jan 1, 2017 unchanged Apr 1, 2022 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.

Alert

Email me when my cutoff moves

Pick your category and country. When a new bulletin changes that final-action cutoff, we email the change, before and after. Nothing on the months it doesn't move.

Double opt-in: you confirm by email first, so an address can't be signed up by someone who doesn't control it, and one click opts out. We send one confirmation every 10 minutes per address - if nothing lands, wait that long before trying again.

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.

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