Key Points
- DOS has issued the August 2023 Visa Bulletin
- USCIS will use the Final Action Dates chart
- Significant changes will occur in several employment-based categories
NOTE: US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates chart for the August 2023 Visa Bulletin. Please check the USCIS website for more information.
Overview
The Department of State (DOS) has released the August 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 significant changes to the employment-based categories below from the July 2023 Visa Bulletin in August. India’s EB-1 will see considerable retrogression, and most countries in the EB-3 category will also retrogress. The exception is China, which will see some advancement in EB-3.
EB-1
India will retrogress more than ten years to January 1, 2012. China will remain the same, but all other countries will retrogress to August 1, 2023.
EB-2
China will advance one month to July 8, 2019. India will stay the same, but all other countries will advance by six weeks to April 1, 2022.
EB-3
China will move forward two months to June 1, 2019. India EB-3 will stay the same, and all other countries will retrogress by nearly two years to May 1, 2020.
Written by: Lucy Halse, Content Marketing Associate, Envoy Global
Edited by: Dmitri Pikman, Supervising Attorney, Corporate Immigration Partners
Source: US Department of State (DOS)
