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Sep 16, 2022

October 2022 Visa Bulletin

VISA BULLETIN

Number 70 – Volume X
Washington, D.C.

OCTOBER 2022

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 October. 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 October.

FAMILY-
S
PONSORED

All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

F1

08AUG16

08AUG16

08AUG16

01DEC01

22APR15

F2A

C

C

C

C

C

F2B

01JAN17

01JAN17

01JAN17

08AUG01

01OCT13

F3

08NOV09

08NOV09

08NOV09

15APR01

08NOV03

F4

15DEC07

15DEC07

22FEB06

15MAR01

22APR04

 

 

EMPLOYMENT-
B
ASED

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-
mainland
born

EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

C

C

C

C

C

2nd

C

08JUL19

C

01MAY12

C

C

3rd

C

15JUL18

C

01JUL12

C

C

Other Workers

08SEP22

01NOV15

08SEP22

01JUL12

08SEP22

08SEP22

4th

C

C

15APR18

C

15OCT20

C

Certain Religious Workers

C

C

15APR18

C

15OCT20

C

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/2022/visa-bulletin-for-october-2022.html

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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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