USCIS ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF H-1B REGISTRATION PERIOD

On March 21, 2024, USCIS announced that they would be extending the registration period for the 2024 (fiscal year 2025) H-1B cap registration.

The initial registration opened at noon eastern on March 6, 2024 and was scheduled to run through noon eastern on March 22, 2024. The registration period will now run through noon eastern on March 25, 2024. The extension of the registration period is due to a temporary USCIS outage that was experienced by some registrants.

The registration process during this extended period will remain the same and USCIS still intends to notify registrants that they are selected by March 31, 2024.

APRIL 2024 VISA BULLETIN: ANALYSIS

The Department of State has just issued the April 2024 Visa Bulletin, which is the sixth 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	01SEP22	01MAR21	C	C
2nd	15JAN23	01FEB20	01APR12	15JAN23	15JAN23
3rd	22NOV22	01SEP20	15AUG12	22NOV22	22NOV22

Table B: Dates of Filing

The USCIS will use the Table A Final Action chart for I-485 employment-based filings. See: USCIS Visa Bulletin Dates

MU Law Analysis

Philippines and All Other EB-3 continued slow, pace forward, moving ahead just over 60 days to November 2022. China and India EB-3 remained at September 1, 2020 and while India progressed just one month to August 15, 2012.  

There is a similar story in EB-2.  China and India EB-2 as each moved ahead one month.  Philippines and All Other EB-2 advanced approximately 60 days to January 15, 2023.

MU Law expects similar paced progress in the next few months, followed by a slowdown and we get closer to the end of the fiscal year over the summer months.