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Visa Bulletin · one-page glance

October 2022

Effective October 1, 2022 · Fiscal Year 2023 · data verified October 22, 2026

Across the whole bulletin
35moved
3moved back
135held
Bulletin day

What changed in the October 2022 bulletin

Family-sponsored

  1. F2A MexicoF2A, Mexico: opened to everyone● C Open to everyone on the approval chart.

Employment-based

  1. EB-4 Religious Workers All countriesEB-4 Religious Workers, All countries: was paused○ U No visa numbers authorized in this bulletin.
  2. EB-5 IndiaEB-5, India: no longer open to everyone; a cutoff date returned▼ was open to everyone A cutoff returns, at November 8, 2019.
  3. EB-2 IndiaEB-2, India: moved back 2 years 8 months−2 yr 8 mo Cutoff now April 1, 2012.
8 more approval date moves · 8 categories unchanged · Approval dates · how stamps are judged