The Department of State released the June 2024 Visa Bulletin. USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart. All Employment-Based Categories will hold steady and remain unchanged for June under Final Action Dates with the exception of EB-3 India which will advance by one week.
EMPLOYMENT-BASED (EB) PRIORITY DATE SUMMARY FOR Final Action DATES
USCIS confirmed that it will honor the Final Action Dates chart for purposes of eligibility to file an Adjustment of Status application. The Final Action Dates are as follows:
EB-1, First Preference Category
- EB-1 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico, and Philippines) remains current.
- EB-1 China and India will hold steady with a Final Action Date cutoff of September 1, 2022 and March 1, 2021, respectively.
EB-2, Second Preference Category
- EB-2 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico, and Philippines) will maintain a cutoff date of January 15, 2023.
- China: Final Action Date will hold steady at February 1, 2020.
- India: Final Action Date will hold steady at April 15, 2012.
EB-3, Third Preference Category (Professional and Skilled Workers)
- EB-3 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico and Philippines) will maintain a cutoff date of November 22, 2022.
- China: Final Action Date will hold steady at September 1, 2020.
- India: Final Action Dates will advance by one week to August 22, 2012.
EB-3 Other Workers
- All countries except India will hold steady from last month:
- Other Workers Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico) will maintain a cutoff date of October 8, 2020.
- India will advance by one week to August 22, 2012.
- Philippines: May 1, 2020
- China: January 1, 2017
EB-5: Fifth Preference Category (Immigrant Investors)
- For the EB-5 Unreserved categories (C5, T5, I5, and R5), India and China maintain a cut-off date of December 1, 2020 and December 15, 2015, respectively. All other countries will remain current.
- The EB-5 “Set-Aside” categories (Rural, High Unemployment, and Infrastructure) will remain current.
Individuals with a priority date that is before the published cut-off date may file an Adjustment of Status application based on the dates outlined above.
WHAT SHOULD EMPLOYERS EXPECT?
As noted in the June Visa Bulletin, the Dept. of State has indicated that Final Action Dates for EB-2 and EB-3 Worldwide (including Mexico and the Philippines) will likely retrogress further in July to maintain number use within applicable annual limits. With further retrogression likely being implemented next month, Employers are advised to submit Adjustment of Status applications for eligible applicants in June.
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