Visa bulletin for September 2023: what changed

3 final action dates moved forward and 0 moved back compared with August 2023.

EB-3 China (mainland-born): June 1, 2019 → September 1, 2019 (advanced 3 months)
EB-2 (all countries): April 1, 2022 → July 1, 2022 (advanced 3 months)
F2A (all countries): October 8, 2017 → January 1, 2018 (advanced 3 months)

Source: Visa Bulletin for September 2023 (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 September 2023, USCIS says to use the dates for filing chart for family-based cases.

Family-sponsored: final action date · September 2023
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
F1	01JAN15	01JAN15	01JAN15	22APR01	01MAR12
F2A	01JAN18Advanced 3 months	01JAN18Advanced 3 months	01JAN18Advanced 3 months	01SEP16	01JAN18Advanced 3 months
F2B	22SEP15	22SEP15	22SEP15	01AUG01	22OCT11
F3	08JAN09	08JAN09	08JAN09	15JAN98	08JUN02
F4	22APR07	22APR07	15SEP05	01AUG00	22AUG02

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Family-sponsored: date for filing · September 2023
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
F1	01SEP17	01SEP17	01SEP17	01APR05	22APR15
F2A	01SEP23No longer current	01SEP23No longer current	01SEP23No longer current	01SEP23No longer current	01SEP23No longer current
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 September 2023, USCIS says to use the final action dates chart for employment-based cases.

Employment-based: final action date · September 2023
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB-1	01AUG23	01FEB22	01JAN12	01AUG23	01AUG23
EB-2	01JUL22Advanced 3 months	08JUL19	01JAN11	01JUL22Advanced 3 months	01JUL22Advanced 3 months
EB-3	01MAY20	01SEP19Advanced 3 months	01JAN09	01MAY20	01MAY20
EB-3 Other Workers	01MAY20	01SEP15	01JAN09	01MAY20	01MAY20
EB-4	01SEP18	01SEP18	01SEP18	01SEP18	01SEP18
EB-4 Certain Religious Workers	01SEP18	01SEP18	01SEP18	01SEP18	01SEP18
EB-5	C	08SEP15	01APR17	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 · September 2023
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB-1	C	01JUN22	01JUN22	C	C
EB-2	01DEC22	08OCT19	01MAY12	01DEC22	01DEC22
EB-3	01MAY23	01NOV19Advanced 2 months	01AUG12	01MAY23	01MAY23
EB-3 Other Workers	01JUN20	01JAN16	01AUG12	01JUN20	01JUN20
EB-4	01OCT18	01OCT18	01OCT18	01OCT18	01OCT18
EB-4 Certain Religious Workers	01OCT18	01OCT18	01OCT18	01OCT18	01OCT18
EB-5	C	01JAN16	08DEC19	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.

Availability of employment-based visas during september

Employment-based number use by both USCIS and Department of State has been steady during the fiscal year. As a result, most employment-based preference category limits and/or the overall employment-based preference limit for FY 2023 are expected to be reached during September. If at any time an annual limit were reached, it would be necessary to immediately make the preference category “unavailable”, and no further requests for numbers would be honored.