Visa bulletin for January 2024: what changed

24 final action dates moved forward and 0 moved back compared with December 2023.

EB-1 India: January 1, 2017 → September 1, 2020 (advanced 3 years, 8 months)
EB-5 India: December 15, 2018 → December 1, 2020 (advanced 2 years)
F2B Mexico: May 1, 2002 → October 22, 2003 (advanced 1 year, 6 months)
EB-3 Other Workers China (mainland-born): January 1, 2016 → January 1, 2017 (advanced 1 year)
F2A (all countries): February 8, 2019 → November 1, 2019 (advanced 9 months)
F2A Mexico: February 1, 2019 → October 22, 2019 (advanced 9 months)
EB-3 (all countries): December 1, 2021 → August 1, 2022 (advanced 8 months)
EB-3 Philippines: December 1, 2021 → August 1, 2022 (advanced 8 months)

Source: Visa Bulletin for January 2024 (U.S. Department of State) · Checked October 14, 2026. Always confirm with the official bulletin and USCIS. Independent site. Not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State, USCIS or any government agency.

Dates are written as in the bulletin (22AUG25 = August 22, 2025). C = current, U = unavailable. ▲ moved forward and ▼ moved back since the previous bulletin; no symbol = no change.

Family-sponsored

For adjustment of status inside the U.S. in January 2024, USCIS says to use the dates for filing chart for family-based cases.

Family-sponsored: final action date · January 2024
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
F1	01JAN15	01JAN15	01JAN15	01MAY01	01MAR12
F2A	01NOV19Advanced 9 months	01NOV19Advanced 9 months	01NOV19Advanced 9 months	22OCT19Advanced 9 months	01NOV19Advanced 9 months
F2B	01OCT15Advanced 9 days	01OCT15Advanced 9 days	01OCT15Advanced 9 days	22OCT03Advanced 1 year, 6 months	22OCT11
F3	22APR09Advanced 3 months	22APR09Advanced 3 months	22APR09Advanced 3 months	08SEP98Advanced 6 months	08JUN02
F4	22MAY07Advanced 1 month	22MAY07Advanced 1 month	15NOV05Advanced 1 month	15SEP00	15OCT02Advanced 2 months

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Family-sponsored: date for filing · January 2024
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
F1	01SEP17	01SEP17	01SEP17	01APR05	22APR15
F2A	01SEP23	01SEP23	01SEP23	01SEP23	01SEP23
F2B	01JAN17	01JAN17	01JAN17	01AUG04	01OCT13
F3	01MAR10	01MAR10	01MAR10	15JUN01	08NOV03
F4	01MAR08	01MAR08	22FEB06	15APR01	22APR04

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Employment-based

For adjustment of status inside the U.S. in January 2024, USCIS says to use the dates for filing chart for employment-based cases.

Employment-based: final action date · January 2024
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB-1	C	01JUL22Advanced 4 months	01SEP20Advanced 3 years, 8 months	C	C
EB-2	01NOV22Advanced 4 months	01JAN20Advanced 2 months	01MAR12Advanced 2 months	01NOV22Advanced 4 months	01NOV22Advanced 4 months
EB-3	01AUG22Advanced 8 months	01SEP20Advanced 7 months	01JUN12Advanced 1 month	01AUG22Advanced 8 months	01AUG22Advanced 8 months
EB-3 Other Workers	01SEP20Advanced 1 month	01JAN17Advanced 1 year	01JUN12Advanced 1 month	01SEP20Advanced 1 month	01MAY20
EB-4	15MAY19Advanced 4 months	15MAY19Advanced 4 months	15MAY19Advanced 4 months	15MAY19Advanced 4 months	15MAY19Advanced 4 months
EB-4 Certain Religious Workers	15MAY19Available again	15MAY19Available again	15MAY19Available again	15MAY19Available again	15MAY19Available again
EB-5	C	08DEC15Advanced 2 months	01DEC20Advanced 2 years	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: rural (20%)	C	C	C	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: high unemployment (10%)	C	C	C	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: infrastructure (2%)	C	C	C	C	C

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Employment-based: date for filing · January 2024
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB-1	C	01JAN23Advanced 5 months	01JAN21Advanced 1 year, 6 months	C	C
EB-2	15FEB23Advanced 1 month	01JUN20Advanced 5 months	15MAY12	15FEB23Advanced 1 month	15FEB23Advanced 1 month
EB-3	01FEB23	01JUL21Advanced 10 months	01AUG12	01FEB23	01JAN23
EB-3 Other Workers	15DEC20	01JUN17	01AUG12	15DEC20	15MAY20
EB-4	01SEP19Advanced 6 months	01SEP19Advanced 6 months	01SEP19Advanced 6 months	01SEP19Advanced 6 months	01SEP19Advanced 6 months
EB-4 Certain Religious Workers	01SEP19Advanced 6 months	01SEP19Advanced 6 months	01SEP19Advanced 6 months	01SEP19Advanced 6 months	01SEP19Advanced 6 months
EB-5	C	01JAN17	01APR22	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: rural (20%)	C	C	C	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: high unemployment (10%)	C	C	C	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: infrastructure (2%)	C	C	C	C	C

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What the State Department says

Official notes published with the bulletin, quoted as written. They describe what the State Department expects, not a guarantee.

Employment fourth preference (SR) religious workers category extended

H.R. 6363, signed on November 16, 2023, extended the Employment Fourth Preference Certain Religious Workers (SR) category until February 2, 2024. No SR visas may be issued overseas, or final action taken on adjustment of status cases, after midnight February 1, 2024. Visas issued prior to that date will be valid only until February 1, 2024, and all individuals seeking admission in the non-minister special immigrant category must be admitted (repeat admitted) into the United States no later than midnight February 1, 2024.
The SR category is subject to the same final action dates as the other Employment Fourth Preference categories per applicable foreign state of chargeability.