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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN

January 2009

Final Action Dates as published in the Visa Bulletin for January 2009. Changes are against December 2008.

What changed from December 2008

Final Action Dates: 33 moved forward, 0 moved back

Compared cell by cell with the December 2008 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (60 Final Action cells this month). "Advanced" means the published date moved later; "retrogressed" means it moved earlier. This is a description of the two published bulletins, not a forecast.

The January 2009 charts

Cutoff dates — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F115 JUN 2002+24 d15 JUN 2002+24 d15 JUN 2002+24 d01 OCT 1992+9 d15 JUL 1993+44 d
F2A15 MAY 2004+44 d15 MAY 2004+44 d15 MAY 2004+44 d15 AUG 2001+14 d15 MAY 2004+44 d
F2B22 MAR 2000+36 d22 MAR 2000+36 d22 MAR 2000+36 d01 MAY 1992no change01 SEP 1997+48 d
F301 AUG 2000+10 d01 AUG 2000+10 d01 AUG 2000+10 d01 OCT 1992no change22 MAY 1991+7 d
F408 FEB 1998+38 d22 AUG 1997+38 d01 NOV 1997+47 d08 MAR 1995+21 d01 MAY 1986+16 d
Cutoff dates — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-2CURRENTno change08 JUL 2004+37 d01 JUL 2003+30 dCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-301 MAY 2005no change01 JUN 2002+4 mo15 OCT 2001+14 d15 NOV 2002+2 mo01 MAY 2005no change
EB-3 Other Workers15 MAR 2003+59 d15 MAR 2003+59 d15 MAR 2003+59 d15 MAR 2003+59 d15 MAR 2003+59 d
EB-4CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-5CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change

Source: Visa Bulletin for January 2009, U.S. Department of State. Archived October 17, 2026. The bulletin also contains notes, diversity-visa numbers and categories not shown here; read the full bulletin at the source.

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