November 2023 Visa Bulletin Predictions

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

Please see November 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
F101NOV1501NOV1501NOV1522SEP0101NOV12
F2A22DEC2022DEC2022DEC2022MAR1922DEC20
F2B22APR1622APR1622APR1608AUG0115APR12
F308MAR0908MAR0908MAR0915DEC9708OCT02
F422JUL0722JUL0701JAN0615NOV0001FEB03
"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
F122MAR1722MAR1722MAR1715MAY0322DEC15
F2ACCCCC
F2B08FEB1708FEB1708FEB1708MAR0222MAR14
F308APR1008APR1008APR1001AUG0108MAR04
F408MAR0808MAR0808JUN0615JUL0101OCT04

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
1stC22JUN2222JUN22CC
2nd08JUL2215AUG1901MAY1108JUL2208JUL22
3rd22OCT2215SEP1922AUG1208NOV22C
Other Workers22OCT22TBD22AUG1208NOV22C
4th22JAN1922JAN1922JAN1922JAN1922JAN19
Certain Religious Workers22JAN1922JAN1922JAN1922JAN1922JAN19
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
1stC22OCT2222OCT22CC
2nd22APR2315SEP1901SEP1222APR2322APR23
3rd15SEP2308DEC1901NOV1208OCT23C
Other Workers15SEP23TBD01NOV1208OCT23C
4th15FEB1915FEB1915FEB1915FEB1915FEB19
Certain Religious Workers15FEB1915FEB1915FEB1915FEB1915FEB19
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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