The U.S. Department of State released its Visa Bulletin for October 2022. You would be looking for updates if you’re waiting for your priority date to be current so that your green card application can move forward.
If you’re already familiar with those terms, scroll down to our summary of key developments or to the filing category that’s most relevant to you:
Family-based categories
- F-1: Unmarried Children (Age 21 and Older) of U.S. Citizens
- F-2A: Spouses and Unmarried Children (Under Age 21) of U.S. Green Card Holders
- F-2B: Unmarried Children (Age 21 or Older) of U.S. Green Card Holders
- F-3: Married Children of U.S. Citizens
- F-4: Siblings of U.S. Citizens
Employment-based categories
- EB-1: Extraordinary People, Outstanding Researchers and Professors, and Multinational Executives and Managers
- EB-2: Exceptional People and Advanced Degree Holders
- EB-3: Bachelor’s Degree Holders, Skilled Workers, and Unskilled Workers
- EB-4: Special Immigrants
- EB-5: Investors
EB2 may reach Dec 2014 again in 2023 due to the extra 60k spillover from Family GCs. Slow movement in EB2 is expected until May 23. EB3 may only reach end of 2013.
EB-1: EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE, OUTSTANDING RESEARCHERS AND PROFESSORS, AND MULTINATIONAL EXECUTIVES AND MANAGERS
| Country | New Cut-off Date |
Old Cut-off Date |
Change in Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Category | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| China | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| Central America | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| India | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| Mexico | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| Philippines | No wait | No wait | No Change |
This category sees no change for all countries.
EB-2: EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE AND ADVANCED DEGREE HOLDERS
| Country | New Cut-off Date |
Old Cut-off Date |
Change in Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Category | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| China | 8-June-19 | 1-Apr-19 | -2 months, 1 week |
| Central America | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| India | 1-Apr-12 | 1-Dec-14 | -2 years, 8 months |
| Mexico | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| Philippines | No wait | No wait | No Change |
This category sees no change for all countries except China, which sees a change of 2 months and 1 week, and India, which sees a regression of 2 years and 8 months.
EB-3: BACHELOR’S DEGREE HOLDERS, SKILLED WORKERS, AND UNSKILLED WORKERS
| Country | New Cut-off Date |
Old Cut-off Date |
Change in Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Category | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| China | 15-June-18 | 22-Apr-18 | -1 month, 3 weeks |
| Central America | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| India | 1-April-12 | 15-Feb-12 | -1 month, 2 weeks |
| Mexico | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| Philippines | No wait | No wait | No Change |
This category sees no change for all countries except China, which sees a change of 1 month and 3 weeks, and India, which sees a change of 1 month and 2 weeks.
The EB-4 “special immigrants” sees changes for Central America and Mexico of between 4.5-5.5 months, and EB-5 “investors” categories see an 8-month regression for China and a change of 2 years and 10 months for India.
| Category | Country | New Cut-off Date |
Old Cut-off Date |
Change in Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-4: Special Immigrants | General Category | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| China | No wait | No wait | No Change | |
| Central America | 15-March-18 | 8-Nov-17 | -4 months, 2 weeks | |
| India | No wait | No wait | No Change | |
| Mexico | 15-Sept-20 | 1-Apr-20 | -5 months, 2 weeks | |
| Philippines | No wait | No wait | No Change | |
| Vietnam | No wait | No wait | No Change | |
| EB-5: Investors | General Category | No wait | No wait | No Change |
| China | 22-Mar-15 | 22-Nov-15 | -8 months | |
| Central America | No wait | No wait | No Change | |
| India | 8-Nov-19 | No wait | -2 years, 10 months | |
| Mexico | No wait | No wait | No Change | |
| Philippines | No wait | No wait | No Change | |
| Vietnam | No wait | No wait | No change |
