June 2024 Visa Bulletin: Minimal Progress for Employment-Based Green Cards, Some Movement for Family-Sponsored Visas

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released the Visa Bulletin for June 2024, showing little change in employment-based visa categories and some advancement in family-sponsored visas.

Key Points:

Dates for Filing: These dates show when to start the application process. You can go ahead with your application if your priority date is on or before the listed cut-off date for your visa category and country.

Final Action Dates: These dates indicate when your application will be reviewed and possibly approved.

Employment-Based Visas:

EB-1: Stuck on March 1, 2021, for India and September 1, 2022, for China.

EB-2: India remains on April 15, 2012, and China on February 1, 2020.

EB-3: There have been no significant changes; India was on August 22, 2012, and China was on September 1, 2020.

Other Workers: India on August 22, 2012, and China on January 1, 2017.

Family-Sponsored Visas:

F1 (Unmarried Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens): Significant movement for Mexico, advancing over two months, while other countries, including India and China, see no change.

F2A (Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents): Mexico's dates advance by nearly three months.

F3 (Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens): Joint advancement across countries.

F2B (Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents): Movement only for Mexico.

F4 (Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens): The dates for Mexico and the Philippines move, while India and China see no change.

Filing Dates for Family-Based Applications:

F1: India and China - September 1, 2017; Mexico - April 1, 2005; Philippines - April 22, 2015.

F2A: Same date for all - September 1, 2023.

F2B: India and China - January 1, 2017; Mexico - November 1, 2004; Philippines - October 1, 2013.

F3: India and China - September 1, 2010; Mexico - June 15, 2001; Philippines - November 8, 2003.

F4: India - June 15, 2006; China - March 1, 2008; Mexico - April 27, 2001; Philippines - June 1, 2005.

Filing Dates for Employment-Based Applications:

EB-1: India - April 1, 2021; China - January 1, 2023.

EB-2: India - May 15, 2012; China - June 1, 2020.

EB-3: India - September 15, 2012; China - July 1, 2021.

Other Workers: India - September 15, 2012; China - June 1, 2017.

Overall, while there is progress in family-sponsored visa categories, employment-based green card applicants, especially from India and China, continue to take time.