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Apr 18, 2023

May 2023 Visa Bulletin

VISA BULLETIN

Number 77 – Volume X
Washington, D.C.

MAY 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 May. 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 May.

FAMILY-
S
PONSORED
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
F1 01JAN17 01JAN17 01JAN17 01DEC02 22APR15
F2A C C C C C
F2B 01JAN17 01JAN17 01JAN17 01JAN02 01OCT13
F3 08FEB10 08FEB10 08FEB10 15JUN01 08NOV03
F4 01FEB08 01FEB08 22FEB06 01APR01 22APR04

 

EMPLOYMENT-
B
ASED
All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-
mainland
born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st C 01FEB22 01FEB22 C C
2nd 15FEB22 08JUN19 01JAN11 15FEB22 15FEB22
3rd 01JUN22 01APR19 15JUN12 01JUN22 01JUN22
Other Workers 01JAN20 15APR15 15JUN12 01JAN20 01JAN20
4th 01SEP18 01SEP18 01SEP18 01SEP18 01SEP18
Certain Religious Workers 01SEP18 01SEP18 01SEP18 01SEP18 01SEP18
5th Reserved C C C C C
5th Unreserved C 08SEP15 01JUN18 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-may-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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