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Visa Bulletin – December 2024 Another Visa Bulletin with Almost No Movement

13 Nov

by Foster, on Immigration Updates

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for December 2024. Until December 1, the November 2024 Visa Bulletin remains in effect. 

The Visa Bulletin contains the DOS’s Final Action Dates chart, which lists the cutoff dates for each respective category, the categories that are current during the applicable month (i.e., categories that do not have any backlogs), and the categories that are unavailable. The Visa Bulletin also contains the DOS’s Dates for Filing chart, which usually progresses ahead of the Final Action Dates chart and which U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) sometimes uses to determine the date that Adjustment of Status filings are permitted in each respective category. 

For December 2024, USCIS has confirmed on its website that beneficiaries of employment-based immigrant petitions should use the Dates for Filing to determine eligibility to file adjustment of status (“green card”) applications.

Key Takeaways: 

  • No movement in the EB-1 category; all countries of birth other than China (PRC) and India remain current. 

  • No movement in the EB-2 category for all countries of birth other than India, which advanced by 17 days. 

  • No movement in the EB-3 category for all countries of birth other than India, which advanced by 1 week. 

  • No movement in the Other Workers category for all countries of birth other than India, which advanced by 1 week. 

  • EB-5 Unreserved for individuals born in China and India showed no movement; all other EB-5 categories remain current. 

December 2024 Final Action Dates: 

Employment- 
based 

All Chargeability  
Areas Except 
Those Listed 

CHINA- 
mainland  
born 

INDIA 

MEXICO 

PHILIPPINES 

1st 

C 

08NOV22 

01FEB22  

C 

C 

2nd 

15MAR23 

22MAR20 

01AUG12 

15MAR23 

15MAR23 

3rd 

15NOV22 

01APR20 

08NOV12 

15NOV22 

15NOV22 

Other Workers 

01DEC20 

01JAN17 

08NOV12 

01DEC20 

01DEC20 

4th 

01JAN21 

01JAN21 

01JAN21 

01JAN21 

01JAN21 

Certain Religious Workers 

01JAN21 

01JAN21 

01JAN21 

01JAN21 

01JAN21 

5th Unreserved 
(including C5, T5, I5, R5) 

C 

15JUL16 

01JAN22 

C 

C 

5th Set Aside: 
Rural (20%) 

C 

C 

C 

C 

C 

5th Set Aside: 
High Unemployment (10%) 

C 

C 

C 

C 

C 

5th Set Aside: 
Infrastructure (2%) 

C 

C 

C 

C 

C 

 

Foster LLP will continue to track immigrant visa availability and provide updates about any developments via Immigration Updates©, articles, and blogs on our website at www.fosterglobal.com. 

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