The March 2024 Visa Bulletin is finally here, and with it we have big advancements in the family sponsored preference categories, and minor advancements in the employment-based categories.
Highlights of the March 2024 Visa Bulletin
Dates for Filing Chart
The Dates for Filing Chart remains unchanged from the previous month, for both the family sponsored and employment-based categories, with the exception of the employment-based fourth preference category, EB-4 which will advance by 4 months to January 1, 2020.
Employment-based categories
Movement in the Final Action Dates
The Final Action Dates Chart shows some modest advancements in some of the employment-based preference categories, specifically:
- EB-1 China will advance by two weeks to July 15, 2022
- EB-1 India will advance by 1 month to October 1, 2020
- EB-2 Worldwide, Mexico, and the Philippines will advance by 1 week to November 22, 2022
- EB-3 Worldwide, Mexico, and the Philippines will advance by 1 week to September 8, 2022
- EB-3 Other Workers, Worldwide and Mexico will advance by 1 week to September 8, 2020
- EB-4 will advance by more than 6.5 months to December 1, 2019