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Visa Bulletin · one-page glance

May 2024

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

Across the whole bulletin
36moved
0moved back
114held
Bulletin day

What changed in the May 2024 bulletin

Family-sponsored

  1. F3 MexicoF3, Mexico: advanced 10 months+10 moLargest in our archive Cutoff now July 22, 1999.
  2. F2A Most countries · China · India · the PhilippinesF2A, Most countries · China · India · the Philippines: advanced 9 months+9 mo The same move for most countries, China, India, and the Philippines.
  3. F1 Most countries · China · India · MexicoF1, Most countries · China · India · Mexico: advanced 5 months+5 mo The same move for most countries, China, India, and Mexico.
  4. F2B Most countries · China · India · MexicoF2B, Most countries · China · India · Mexico: advanced 4 months+4 mo The same move for most countries, China, India, and Mexico.
  5. F4 Mexico · the PhilippinesF4, Mexico · the Philippines: advanced 3 months+3 mo The same move for Mexico and the Philippines.
  6. F3 Most countries · China · IndiaF3, Most countries · China · India: advanced 3 months+3 mo The same move for most countries, China, and India.

Employment-based

  1. EB-4 Religious Workers All countriesEB-4 Religious Workers, All countries: numbers available again▲ Reopened Numbers available again.
  2. EB-2 IndiaEB-2, India: advanced 2 weeks+2 wk Cutoff now April 15, 2012.
3 more approval date moves · 8 categories unchanged · Approval dates · how stamps are judged