July 2024 Visa Bulletin

June 12, 2024 | By: Kirti Kalra

Introduction

The United States Department of State has released the July 2024 Visa Bulletin.

Notably, the EB-3 visa category retrogresses by approximately one year for all other countries except India and China. Due to continuing demand, it is expected the category will continue to retrogress, or become entirely unavailable, in next month’s visa bulletin.

USCIS has announced they will honor the Final Action Dates chart for filing employment-based adjustment of status applications. 

Final Action Dates

The July 2024 Visa Bulletin has revealed the following Final Action cutoff dates for an immigrant visa or approval of an adjustment of status application:

EB-1 First Preference Category: India advances almost one year to February 1, 2022. China advances two months to November 1, 2022. All other countries are current.

• EB-2 Second Preference Category: China advances one month to March 1, 2020. India advances two months to June 15, 2012. All other countries advance two months to March 15, 2023.
• EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers: India advances one month to September 22, 2012. China remains at September 1, 2020. All other countries retrogress eleven months to December 1, 2021.
• EB-5 Unreserved categories (C5, T5, I5, and R5): India remains at December 1, 2020. China remains at December 15, 2015. Other countries remain current.
• EB-5 set-aside categories (Rural, High Unemployment, and Infrastructure): All countries remain current.

Conclusion             

For any questions or assistance regarding the July 2024 Visa Bulletin, contact your trusted Chugh, LLP immigration professional.