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Jan 03, 2023

January 2023 Visa Bulletin

VISA BULLETIN

Number 73 – Volume X
Washington, D.C.

JANUARY 2023

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has indicated at www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo that it will use the charts below to determine who may file applications for adjustment of status (Form I-485) with USCIS during the month of January. Only applicants with Priority Dates earlier than the cut-off dates listed below may file their I-485 adjustment of status applications with USCIS during January.

FAMILY-
S
PONSORED
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
F1 08AUG16 08AUG16 08AUG16 01DEC02 22APR15
F2A C C C C C
F2B 01JAN17 01JAN17 01JAN17 01JAN02 01OCT13
F3 08NOV09 08NOV09 08NOV09 15JUN01 08NOV03
F4 15DEC07 15DEC07 22FEB06 01APR01 22APR04

 

EMPLOYMENT-
B
ASED
All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-
mainland
born
EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS
INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st C 01JUN22 C 01JUN22 C C
2nd 01DEC22 08JUL19 01DEC22 01MAY12 01DEC22 01DEC22
3rd C 01SEP18 C 01AUG12 C C
Other Workers 08SEP22 01NOV15 08SEP22 01AUG12 08SEP22 08SEP22
4th 22JUL22 22JUL22 15APR18 22JUL22 15OCT20 22JUL22
Certain Religious Workers 22JUL22 22JUL22 15APR18 22JUL22 15OCT20 22JUL22
5th Reserved C C C C C C
5th Unreserved C 01JAN16 C 08DEC19 C C

 

“C” = Current. No queue or backlog in this visa category at this time.
“U” = Unavailable. No visas available in this category at this time.

Excerpted from https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-january-2023.html

FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES

First: (F1) Unmarried Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens: 23,400 plus any numbers not required for fourth preference.

Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents: 114,200, plus the number (if any) by which the worldwide family preference level exceeds 226,000, plus any unused first preference numbers:

  1. (F2A) Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents: 77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;
  2. (F2B) Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older) of Permanent Residents: 23% of the overall second preference limitation.

Third: (F3) Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens: 23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.

Fourth: (F4) Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens: 65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.

EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES

First: Priority Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth preferences.

Second: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required by first preference.

Third: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide level, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences, not more than 10,000 of which to "Other Workers".

Fourth: Certain Special Immigrants: 7.1% of the worldwide level.

Fifth: Employment Creation:  7.1% of the worldwide level, of which 32% are reserved as follows: 20% reserved for qualified immigrants who invest in a rural area; 10% reserved for qualified immigrants who invest in a high unemployment area; and 2% reserved for qualified immigrants who invest in infrastructure projects. The remaining 68% are unreserved and are allotted for all other qualified immigrants.

 

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