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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN

January 2013

Final Action Dates as published in the Visa Bulletin for January 2013. Changes are against December 2012.

What changed from December 2012

Final Action Dates: 32 moved forward, 0 moved back

Compared cell by cell with the December 2012 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 2013 charts

Cutoff dates — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F122 DEC 2005+21 d22 DEC 2005+21 d22 DEC 2005+21 d08 JUL 1993+7 d22 DEC 1997+2 mo
F2A22 SEP 2010+31 d22 SEP 2010+31 d22 SEP 2010+31 d01 SEP 2010+31 d22 SEP 2010+31 d
F2B08 DEC 2004+23 d08 DEC 2004+23 d08 DEC 2004+23 d22 NOV 1992+21 d15 APR 2002+24 d
F322 JUN 2002+14 d22 JUN 2002+14 d22 JUN 2002+14 d08 MAR 1993+7 d08 AUG 1992+7 d
F408 APR 2001+7 d08 APR 2001+7 d08 APR 2001+7 d22 JUL 1996no change15 APR 1989+24 d
Cutoff dates — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-2CURRENTno change08 DEC 2007+47 d01 SEP 2004no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-301 FEB 2007+41 d22 SEP 2006+3 mo08 NOV 2002+7 d01 FEB 2007+41 d15 AUG 2006no change
EB-3 Other Workers01 FEB 2007+41 d01 JUL 2003no change08 NOV 2002+7 d01 FEB 2007+41 d15 AUG 2006no change
EB-4CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change

Source: Visa Bulletin for January 2013, 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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