Immigration Lawyer Blog
Are you applying for an immigrant visa and want to know when your priority date will become current? Then you won’t want to miss this blog post covering the release of the November 2024 Visa Bulletin.
In this video, attorney Jacob Sapochnick explains what you can expect to see in terms of the movement of the family-sponsored and employment-based visa categories in the month of November.
USCIS Adjustment of Status
For employment-based and family-sponsored preference categories, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has confirmed it will continue to use the Dates for Filing chart to determine filing eligibility for adjustment of status to permanent residence in the month of November.
Highlights of the November 2024 Visa Bulletin
At a Glance
Employment-Based Categories
- All employment-based Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing will remain the same in November as in the October Visa Bulletin.
Family-Sponsored Categories
Final Action
- F1 Mexico will advance by 1 year and 10 months to November 22, 2004
- F2A Mexico will advance by 1.2 months to April 15, 2021
- F2A All other countries will advance by 1.3 months to January 1, 2022
- F2B Mexico will advance by 5.5 months to July 1, 2005
- F3 Mexico will advance by 2 months to October 22, 2000
- F3 Except for the Philippines All other countries will advance by 2 weeks to April 15, 2010
- F4 Mexico will advance by 1 week to March 1, 2001
- F4 India will advance by 1 week to March 8, 2006
Dates for Filing
- F2B Mexico will advance by 11 months to July 1, 2006
- F3 Except for Mexico and the Philippines All other countries will advance by almost 10 months to April 22, 2012
- F4 Philippines will advance by almost 12 months to July 22, 2007
- F4 India will advance by 1.5 months to August 1, 2006
Now let’s analyze each chart.
