Client Alert!
Throughout the month of September, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from foreign nationals with a priority date that is the same or earlier than the “Final Action Dates” chart listed in the State Department’s monthly Visa Bulletin.
“Final Action Dates” chart for September 2023:
EB-1
China: February 1, 2022
India: January 1, 2012
All other countries: August 1, 2023
EB-2
China: July 8, 2019
India: January 1, 2011
All other countries: July 1, 2022
EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers
China: September 1, 2019
India: January 1, 2009
All other countries: May 1, 2020
EB-3 Other Workers
China: September 1, 2015
India: January 1, 2009
All other countries: May 1, 2020
EB-4
China: September 1, 2018
India: September 1, 2018
All other countries: September 1, 2018
Certain Religious Workers
China: September 1, 2018
India: September 1, 2018
All other countries: September 1, 2018
EB-5 Unreserved (Regional Center and Non-Regional Center)
China: September 8, 2015
India: April 1, 2017
All other countries: Current
EB-5 Set-Asides
Rural: Current for all countries
High Unemployment: Current for all countries
Infrastructure: Current for all countries
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