Key Points
- DOS has issued the September 2023 Visa Bulletin
- USCIS will use the Final Action Dates chart
- No significant forward movement will occur in employment-based categories, but we will see some modest advancement in specific EB-2 and EB-3 categories.
NOTE: US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates chart for the September 2023 Visa Bulletin. Please check the USCIS website for more information.
Overview
The Department of State (DOS) has released the September 2023 Visa Bulletin (VB). USCIS will use the Final Action Dates chart for employment-based categories. The updates below reflect changes in employment-based categories.
What are the Changes?
There are no significant to the employment-based categories below from the August 2023 Visa Bulletin in September. Minimal changes will occur in EB-2 and EB-3.
EB-1
There are no significant changes in September 2023.
EB-2
China and India will stay the same. All other countries will move ahead three months to July 1, 2022.
EB-3
China will move forward three months to September 1, 2019. All other countries will stay the same.
Written by: Lucy Halse, Content Marketing Associate, Envoy Global
Edited by: Dmitri Pikman, Supervising Attorney, Corporate Immigration Partners
Source: US Department of State (DOS)
