U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN

January 2023

Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for January 2023. Changes are against December 2022.

What changed from December 2022

Final Action Dates: 1 moved forward, 2 moved back

EB-3 Other Workers China advanced 6 months, from 22 JUN 2013 to 22 DEC 2013.

Dates for Filing: 0 moved forward, 2 moved back

Compared cell by cell with the December 2022 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (85 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 2023 charts

Final Action Dates — family-sponsored
Category	Rest of world	China	India	Mexico	Philippines
F1	01 DEC 2014no change	01 DEC 2014no change	01 DEC 2014no change	15 NOV 2000no change	01 MAR 2012no change
F2A	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change
F2B	22 SEP 2015no change	22 SEP 2015no change	22 SEP 2015no change	01 JUN 2001no change	22 OCT 2011no change
F3	22 NOV 2008no change	22 NOV 2008no change	22 NOV 2008no change	01 NOV 1997no change	08 JUN 2002no change
F4	22 MAR 2007no change	22 MAR 2007no change	15 SEP 2005no change	01 AUG 2000no change	22 AUG 2002no change

Final Action Dates — employment-based
Category	Rest of world	China	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB-1	CURRENTno change	01 FEB 2022cutoff imposed	01 FEB 2022cutoff imposed	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change
EB-2	01 NOV 2022no change	08 JUN 2019no change	08 OCT 2011no change	01 NOV 2022no change	01 NOV 2022no change
EB-3	CURRENTno change	01 AUG 2018no change	15 JUN 2012no change	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change
EB-3 Other Workers	01 JUN 2020no change	22 DEC 2013+6 mo	15 JUN 2012no change	01 JUN 2020no change	01 JUN 2020no change
EB-4	22 JUN 2022no change	22 JUN 2022no change	22 JUN 2022no change	15 SEP 2020no change	22 JUN 2022no change
EB-5	CURRENTno change	22 MAR 2015no change	08 NOV 2019no change	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change

Dates for Filing — family-sponsored
Category	Rest of world	China	India	Mexico	Philippines
F1	08 AUG 2016no change	08 AUG 2016no change	08 AUG 2016no change	01 DEC 2002no change	22 APR 2015no change
F2A	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change
F2B	01 JAN 2017no change	01 JAN 2017no change	01 JAN 2017no change	01 JAN 2002no change	01 OCT 2013no change
F3	08 NOV 2009no change	08 NOV 2009no change	08 NOV 2009no change	15 JUN 2001no change	08 NOV 2003no change
F4	15 DEC 2007no change	15 DEC 2007no change	22 FEB 2006no change	01 APR 2001no change	22 APR 2004no change

Dates for Filing — employment-based
Category	Rest of world	China	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB-1	CURRENTno change	01 JUN 2022cutoff imposed	01 JUN 2022cutoff imposed	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change
EB-2	01 DEC 2022no change	08 JUL 2019no change	01 MAY 2012no change	01 DEC 2022no change	01 DEC 2022no change
EB-3	CURRENTno change	01 SEP 2018no change	01 AUG 2012no change	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change
EB-3 Other Workers	08 SEP 2022no change	01 NOV 2015no change	01 AUG 2012no change	08 SEP 2022no change	08 SEP 2022no change
EB-4	22 JUL 2022no change	22 JUL 2022no change	22 JUL 2022no change	15 OCT 2020no change	22 JUL 2022no change
EB-5	CURRENTno change	01 JAN 2016no change	08 DEC 2019no change	CURRENTno change	CURRENTno change

Source: Visa Bulletin for January 2023, 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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