FEBRUARY VISA BULLETIN: SLOW, STEADY PROGRESS. CAN IT CONTINUE?

The Department of State has just issued the February 2024 Visa Bulletin, which is the fifth of the 2024 US fiscal year.  This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin.

Visa Bulletin

Table A: Final Action Dates -- Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.

Employment- based	All Chargeability  Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland  born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	01JUL22	01SEP20	C	C
2nd	15NOV22	01JAN20	01MAR12	15NOV22	15NOV22
3rd	01SEP22	01SEP20	01JUL12	01SEP22	01SEP22

Table B: Dates of Filing

The USCIS is expected to use the Table B Dates of Filing chart for I-485 employment-based filings. See: USCIS Visa Bulletin Dates

MU Law Analysis

We were again encouraged to see slow, steady improvement of dates in most categories.  Philippine and All Other EB-3 moved ahead one month.  India EB-3 advanced one month.   We would not be surprised to see a few more small progressions this fiscal year in these categories.  China EB-3 unfortunately did not move ahead. 

There was modest progression of All Other EB-2 dates of two weeks, although India and China EB-2 remained the same as last month.