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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN

September 2023

Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for September 2023. Changes are against August 2023.

What changed from August 2023

Final Action Dates: 8 moved forward, 0 moved back

Dates for Filing: 1 moved forward, 5 moved back

Compared cell by cell with the August 2023 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (75 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 September 2023 charts

Final Action Dates — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F101 JAN 2015no change01 JAN 2015no change01 JAN 2015no change22 APR 2001no change01 MAR 2012no change
F2A01 JAN 2018+3 mo01 JAN 2018+3 mo01 JAN 2018+3 mo01 SEP 2016no change01 JAN 2018+3 mo
F2B22 SEP 2015no change22 SEP 2015no change22 SEP 2015no change01 AUG 2001no change22 OCT 2011no change
F308 JAN 2009no change08 JAN 2009no change08 JAN 2009no change15 JAN 1998no change08 JUN 2002no change
F422 APR 2007no change22 APR 2007no change15 SEP 2005no change01 AUG 2000no change22 AUG 2002no change
Final Action Dates — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-101 AUG 2023no change01 FEB 2022no change01 JAN 2012no change01 AUG 2023no change01 AUG 2023no change
EB-201 JUL 2022+3 mo08 JUL 2019no change01 JAN 2011no change01 JUL 2022+3 mo01 JUL 2022+3 mo
EB-301 MAY 2020no change01 SEP 2019+3 mo01 JAN 2009no change01 MAY 2020no change01 MAY 2020no change
EB-3 Other Workers01 MAY 2020no change01 SEP 2015no change01 JAN 2009no change01 MAY 2020no change01 MAY 2020no change
EB-401 SEP 2018no change01 SEP 2018no change01 SEP 2018no change01 SEP 2018no change01 SEP 2018no change
EB-5CURRENTno change08 SEP 2015no change01 APR 2017no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
Dates for Filing — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F101 SEP 2017no change01 SEP 2017no change01 SEP 2017no change01 APR 2005no change22 APR 2015no change
F2A01 SEP 2023cutoff imposed01 SEP 2023cutoff imposed01 SEP 2023cutoff imposed01 SEP 2023cutoff imposed01 SEP 2023cutoff imposed
F2B01 JAN 2017no change01 JAN 2017no change01 JAN 2017no change01 AUG 2004no change01 OCT 2013no change
F301 MAR 2010no change01 MAR 2010no change01 MAR 2010no change15 JUN 2001no change08 NOV 2003no change
F401 MAR 2008no change01 MAR 2008no change22 FEB 2006no change15 APR 2001no change22 APR 2004no change
Dates for Filing — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change01 JUN 2022no change01 JUN 2022no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-201 DEC 2022no change08 OCT 2019no change01 MAY 2012no change01 DEC 2022no change01 DEC 2022no change
EB-301 MAY 2023no change01 NOV 2019+2 mo01 AUG 2012no change01 MAY 2023no change01 MAY 2023no change
EB-3 Other Workers01 JUN 2020no change01 JAN 2016no change01 AUG 2012no change01 JUN 2020no change01 JUN 2020no change
EB-401 OCT 2018no change01 OCT 2018no change01 OCT 2018no change01 OCT 2018no change01 OCT 2018no change
EB-5CURRENTno change01 JAN 2016no change08 DEC 2019no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change

Source: Visa Bulletin for September 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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