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October 2024

Effective October 1, 2024 · Fiscal Year 2025 · data verified October 22, 2026

Across the whole bulletin
55moved
3moved back
95held
Bulletin day

What changed in the October 2024 bulletin

Family-sponsored

  1. F1 MexicoF1, Mexico: advanced 8 months+8 mo Cutoff now January 1, 2003.
  2. F2B MexicoF2B, Mexico: advanced 6 months+6 moExceptional advance Cutoff now January 15, 2005.
  3. F3 MexicoF3, Mexico: advanced 6 months+6 moExceptional advance Cutoff now August 22, 2000.
  4. F4 IndiaF4, India: advanced 1 month+1 mo Cutoff now March 1, 2006.
  5. F2A MexicoF2A, Mexico: advanced 1 month+1 mo Cutoff now March 8, 2021.
  6. F4 MexicoF4, Mexico: advanced 2 weeks+2 wk Cutoff now February 22, 2001.

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-3 Most countries · Mexico · the PhilippinesEB-3, Most countries · Mexico · the Philippines: advanced 23 months+23 moLargest in our archive The same move for most countries, Mexico, and the Philippines.
  3. EB-5 IndiaEB-5, India: advanced 13 months+13 mo Cutoff now January 1, 2022.
8 more approval date moves · 4 categories unchanged · Approval dates · how stamps are judged
Fiscal-year opener: this October against the archive’s earlier Octobers
F1 Mexico Typical October opener (8 Octobers)F1 Mexico, typical October opener: about 2 months forward on average▲ ≈ 2 mo October 2024F1 Mexico, October 2024: advanced 8 months+8 mo
F2B Mexico Typical October opener (8 Octobers)F2B Mexico, typical October opener: about 1 month forward on average▲ ≈ 1 mo October 2024F2B Mexico, October 2024: advanced 6 months+6 mo
F3 Mexico Typical October opener (8 Octobers)F3 Mexico, typical October opener: about 3 weeks forward on average▲ ≈ 1 mo October 2024F3 Mexico, October 2024: advanced 6 months+6 mo