December 2024 Visa Bulletin – Modest Advancement for India EB-2 and EB-3; All Other Employment-Based Categories Remain Unchanged

According to the State Department’s December Visa Bulletin, Final Action cutoff dates for issuance of an immigrant visa or approval of an adjustment of status application will be as follows: 

• EB-1: China will remain at November 8, 2022, and India will remain at February 1, 2022. All other countries will continue to be current.
• EB-2: India will advance by two weeks, to August 1, 2012. China will remain at March 22, 2020, and all other countries will remain at March 15, 2023.
• EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers: India will advance by one week, to November 8, 2012. China will remain at April 1, 2020, and all other countries will remain at November 15, 2022.
• EB–3 Other Workers: The EB-3 Other Worker subcategory for India will advance by one week, to November 8, 2012. China will remain at January 1, 2017, and all other countries will remain unchanged at December 1, 2020.
• EB-5: For the EB-5 Unreserved categories, China will remain at July 15, 2016, and India will remain at January 1, 2022. All other countries will remain current. The EB-5 set-aside categories (Rural, High Unemployment, and Infrastructure) will also remain current.

The December Dates for Filing are unchanged from November.

Next month, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from foreign nationals with a priority date that is earlier than the Dates for Filing listed in the State Department’s December 2024 Visa Bulletin.