December 2023 Visa Bulletin Predictions

Change:
For official October 2023 Visa Bulletin and Analysis, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-october-2023.aspx

Please see December 2023 Visa Bulletin Predictions below (for both Family Based and Employment Based categories for all countries):

Family Based:
Final Action Dates
Dates For Filing Applications
"Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date.
Family-
Sponsored
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-mainland
born
INDIAMEXICOPHILIPPINES
F108MAY1508MAY1508MAY1522MAY0108JUN12
F2A22MAR1922MAR1922MAR1901APR1922MAR19
F2B15DEC1515DEC1515DEC1508FEB0201JAN12
F315FEB0915FEB0915FEB0901APR9801AUG02
F401JUN0701JUN0722NOV0515SEP0022OCT02
"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date.
Family-
Sponsored
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-mainland
born
INDIAMEXICOPHILIPPINES
F108NOV1708NOV1708NOV1701SEP0501AUG15
F2A15OCT2315OCT2315OCT2301NOV2315OCT23
F2B01APR1701APR1701APR1722JAN0508DEC13
F322MAR1022MAR1022MAR1001JUL0101JAN04
F415MAR0815MAR0808APR0601JUN0122JUN04

Employment Based:
Final Action Dates
Dates For Filing Applications
"Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date.
Employment-
based
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-
mainlandĀ 
born
INDIAMEXICO PHILIPPINES
1stC15APR2201MAR17CC
2nd01SEP2222OCT1922FEB1201SEP2201SEP22
3rd01FEB2215APR2015JUN1201FEB2222AUG22
Other Workers01FEB22TBD15JUN1201FEB2222AUG22
4th01MAR1901MAR1901MAR1901MAR1901MAR19
Certain Religious Workers01MAR1901MAR1901MAR1901MAR1901MAR19
5th
Non-Regional
Center
(C5 and T5)
CCCCC
5th
Regional
Center
(I5 and R5)
CCCCC
"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date.
Employment-
based
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-
mainlandĀ 
born
INDIAMEXICO PHILIPPINES
1stC01OCT2201SEP19CC
2nd01MAR2301FEB2001JUL1201MAR2301MAR23
3rd01APR2322JAN2115SEP1208APR2322SEP23
Other Workers01APR23TBD15SEP1208APR2322SEP23
4th01MAY1901MAY1901MAY1901MAY1901MAY19
Certain Religious Workers01MAY1901MAY1901MAY1901MAY1901MAY19
5th
Non-Regional
Center
(C5 and T5)
CCCCC
5th
Regional
Center
(I5 and R5)
CCCCC

The dates above have been calculated from data provided by USCIS/DOS. It does not include future demand (which can increase or decrease anytime). Hence data will keep changing every month. We will update these tables as we get more data from USCIS or DOS.

Similar to EB3 category movement, we have previously added a blog post for EB2 category forward movement. Please click here for FB category.

If you have not done it, please remember to add or update your I-130 / NVC / I-140 / I-485 case in the free GC tracker (which has thousands of cases): https://www.mygcvisa.com/ tracker/

It would be very useful to understand how USCIS is currently processing these cases in each category. It would also help in estimating date movements in future visa bulletin.

More Options: If you are new to immigration process or would like to see what other immigration options are available, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa/

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When Can I Get My Green Card: Get step-by-step details on when you can expect to get your green card (including latest timeframe for each step of GC process for both EB and FB categories).

USCIS/NVC Timeframe: Please click here to see how long it currently takes to process application.

Current Step: If your priority date is not current, then you can calculate when it may become current, check your case status, case processing time, etc: https://www.mygcvisa.com/calculator

Next Steps: If priority date is current and

1. If applicant is inside US, they will have to file I-485: https://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/04/how-to-file-i-485-application.html

2. If applicant is outside US, it will be sent to NVC: https://www.mygcvisa.com/nvc/overview-after-nvc-petition-approved.aspx

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